<p>Writing wasn't good enough? Hm, that kind of makes me lean toward English major. I've been told I'm a very good writer, but I haven't written anything pertaining to law. I only write good essays and sometimes stories. Do you think that could be projected as being a decent writer in the legal aspect?</p>
<p>If you transfer to UCB, once you get over here you can always double major in legal studies University</a> of California, Berkeley - Legal Studies Department , I'm a Sociology major and want to go to law school so last semester I took a couple of legal studies classes. I liked them so much that I decided to major in legal studies. Although they said they don't give priority to legal studies major, they said its an excellent way to get a feel for the type of analytical skills needed for law school.</p>
<p>metalhead -- I think my dad meant more along the lines of grammar and being able to deliver the point clearly. As a philosophy major, I must say that writing a paper for a phil class is COMPLETELY different from writing a paper for an english class.</p>
<p>The reason is that philosophy does not like ambiguous words (such as, 'i feel', 'i believe'). There are not many adj (those are frowned upon by my professors) and even the word "sometimes" is forbidden in some of my classes. No big descriptions and no beautiful conclusions. Dry. Boring. But loud and clear.</p>
<p>From the legal memos I read, I believe that practice in writing in the majors such as phil, poli sci and such as better prep for law.</p>