<p>Is this feasible?</p>
<p>It seems like it would be very difficult because of the different sets of criteria, like how grad schools want to see independent research, high GREs while law schools want to see high GPA, high LSATs.</p>
<p>What does CC think?</p>
<p>sure, it’s possible. People who get dual degrees in law and something else do it all the time. I was lucky that the masters’ program I applied for took the LSAT in place of the GRE for students who were also applying to law school, but I know lots of people who took both the LSAT and the GRE. It’s a challenge (it’s expensive, finding recommenders for both programs can be a pain, two personal statements, etc.) but certainly not insurmountable. </p>
<p>While law school and graduate schools may place different emphases on different things, having good grades, high standardized test scores, published research, etc. will help you with admissions to any graduate or professional school out there. And there are plenty of people who have all of those things–that’s why admission to top schools is so competitive!</p>
<p>It isn’t really clear from your message whether you’re just talking about applying, or about actually getting two degrees. A LONG time ago, I wasn’t really sure which path I wanted to take, so I applied to both law school and grad school. It wasn’t all that hard back then. Essentially, it just meant taking one extra exam. </p>
<p>I never went to grad school; chose law. </p>
<p>My kid also applied to both–was offered a fellowship to get a master’s and deferred law school a year to get one. (It wasn’t a dual program like Stacy’s–two different universities.) </p>
<p>It’s really not that hard. Most law school applicants use the same personal statements and LORs for all law schools and the LORs are usually generic enough to be used for both law and grad school.</p>
<p>Sorry, I meant just applying, in case I wasn’t sure what path I wanted to take. Is it still not that hard with the more competitive admissions environment now?</p>
<p>I went back and read your previous posts. You’re in high school, right? </p>
<p>Law school doesn’t require any extra steps beyond taking the LSAT and filling out the applications, including writing personal statements. The only way in which it might impact the decisions you make regarding course work is that you will be conscious of a need to have a good overall gpa. (Sometimes, folks who are sure they want to go to grad school in a particular field will concentrate all their energies on the courses in that field and worry less about their overall gpa.)</p>
<p>You can --and many people do–go through 4 years of college without even thinking about law school as a possibility. Some people decide on law school years after college graduation. </p>
<p>Indeed, there are quite a few “ABDs” in law school. ABD stands for “all but dissertation.” These are folks who got into Ph.D. programs, took the necessary courses, but then decided that they really didn’t want to get the Ph.D. after all.</p>