<p>I know there are accelerated programs for medical schools where you study medicine as well as do your undergraduate work. Are there any schools that are like undergraduate study combined with law school?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Yes, there are. To find them you’ll need to do vast amounts of research. Some do a combined six year program, others allow you to transfer into the law school after you’ve completed ninety hours. </p>
<p>I know some of the U of California schools do this, also University of Missouri-Kansas City. You’ll just have to spend time looking around for them, but they’re out there! </p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>SUNY Albany has a 3+3 accelerated program for law.</p>
<p>UPenn has a 6-year program.</p>
<p>[Penn:</a> Cross-disciplinary Study](<a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/admissions/undergrad/Interdis/sub.html]Penn:”>http://www.upenn.edu/admissions/undergrad/Interdis/sub.html)</p>
<p>Note, you have to apply during your senior year at UPenn, with no guarantee of admission.</p>
<p>Columbia Law School has a 3+3 program with Columbia University, and several other liberal arts colleges and undergraduate institutions.</p>
<p>as I’ve said before:</p>
<p>a) any college + law school has a 3+3 program if you graduate from college a year early.</p>
<p>b) using option a) might result in you getting into lower-ranked schools than you would if you took 4 years to graduate, since admissions committees will prefer students whose GPAs reflect 3-4 years of school instead of 2 when you apply. This can be mitigated slightly if you take upper-level courses and do well in them.</p>
<p>c) established 3+3 programs are often so competitive that if you can get into them, you probably could’ve also gotten into a higher-ranked law school on your own.</p>
<p>d) many people who think they want to be lawyers actually dislike the profession. They end of leaving, or feeling chained to it by debt. There are a lot of other jobs out there and before going to law school (especially through an early admission program) it is wise to do a LOT of soul-searching and shadow as many attorneys as you can for as long as you can.</p>
<p>e) even if you do want to be a lawyer, there’s no need to rush. the things you learn and the people you meet in college and during time “off” afterwards can be invaluable both for yourself and your career. I say this as a practicing lawyer who went to law school directly from college. I am lucky enough to actually adore my job and the quality of life it affords me, but there are still things I’d like to do and it would be hard to drop everything now and do them–it would’ve been a lot easier had I taken a year or two after college!</p>
<p>Post #6 offers great advice, in my opinion. As an addendum to Stacy’s first point in the above post, complete an undergraduate degree before entering law school so that you have a diploma if law school is not for you.</p>
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<p>I agree, which is why a school with a strong LRAP program is so desirable. </p>
<p>Consider my comments (and, for fairness, the counterarguments advanced by Americanski) here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/845523-debt-silent-killer-8.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/845523-debt-silent-killer-8.html</a></p>