<p>A few questions regarding law school admissions.
I'm currently majoring in accounting as an undergrad, and want to attend law school.
I have enough credits to have the possibility of graduating a year early.</p>
<p>There are 4 routes I am considering taking:
A) Graduating early, working for a year, then pursing a JD.
B) Graduating early, then going straight into Law School.
C) Graduating early, get a graduate degree, then become a CPA, and then Law school.
or D) Don't graduate early, take a lighter course load while working internships, and the go to Law school.</p>
<p>Which route do you all think would be best?</p>
<p>Any advice is greatly appreciated! (Especially from JD's, current law students, or prospective law students)</p>
<p>For law school, a graduate degree will do little if anything for admission purposes. Of course, it’s never a bad thing. It’s all about your GPA and LSAT, other softs will help but nothing to the degree that those two do. Whatever you do, if planning on Law, do not graduate early at the expenses of your grades. You can never change your GPA… the T10 care little about master’s or PhD’s grades. Everyone gets B+ in post grade work. </p>
<p>As for your other questions, I’m sure you know the legal market is HORRIBLE right now. Working for awhile is not a bad idea. The market will improve, and this may buy you some time. Also, law schools like diversity, and a lot of law students come straight from UG (not very diverse). So, if you’re numbers are average, “real” world experience will help. They like people that have worked and paid taxes. It’s hard to listen to a 22 year-old talk about liberal politics and increased taxes when they’ve never spent a dime.</p>
<p>Also, many people think they want to be lawyers, but it’s nothing like Law and Order. Few will ever see this inside of a courtroom. It might be a good idea to take a crappy job as an assistant or paralegal to see if it’s for you. 100K debt and hating your job is a hard road to travel. </p>
<p>Although a CPA in tax law might be nice. Let me know if you have other questions, I’m probably one of the few that will NOT say you’re crazy for thinking about law school. Just remember, it’s competitive. I mean, really competitive.</p>