<p>I know for medical school you need to have clinic experience and take a bunch of science classes. Do law schools expect you to have court room experience or something? I'm considering the option of becoming a patent attorney.</p>
<p>Those aren't "requirements" for medical school in a strict sense, although it's much harder to gain admission without them. Law schools tend to have less of an emphasis on extracurriculars.</p>
<p>If you plan on becoming a patent attorney in general, I believe you do have specific requirements (maybe you were supposed to major in Chemistry or something of that sort). I'm not sure exactly, but I'm pretty sure there's a different type of bar for patent law.</p>
<p>I am also interested somewhat in Patent Law, I have not really decided yet. From what I understand, it is helpful to have experience in whatever field you want to work in as a Patent Lawyer once you graduate (for example, my major is Electrical Engineering) but law school is not like college. EVERYONE gets the same degree: a JD. You can take classes in areas that interest you, but you don't have to apply for a special program or anything. There are some things you have to do after you graduate, but you don't need to have any specific prereqs going in.</p>
<p>That said, you should probably major in the field you want to work in. Hope that helps some.</p>
<p>To answer your question in as straightforward a manner as possible, the answer is "no." Law school admissions basically comes down to a numbers game - a combination of your LSAT and GPA.</p>
<p>Law schools take applicants with all kinds of majors. There is no law school requirement that says for patent law you need a science or engineering degree. That is really an issue of being able practice and getting hired as generally patent lawyers are expected to have at least an undergraduate science or engineering degree, e.g., many patent firms won't even consider you without such an undergraduate degree. Patent lawyers are also expected to take the patent bar exam for practicing before the federal patent office. Note, you do not need a law degree to take that test but it is heavy both on engineering/science and law.</p>
<p>As to any work experience in any particular field, the answer is usually there are not such expectations. However, work experience after college can help particularly for some law schools like Northwestern which favors those with a couple or more years of work experience after college that is related to whatever their degree is (and it does not have to be in any way law related).</p>
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