<p>What do you think is the best major that adequately prepares one for a successful career in law?</p>
<p>English, history or philosophy. Anything involving writing, analytical, and research skills.</p>
<p>well, i heard that it really doesn't matter what you major in. Try something you are interested in so you can get a high GPA. High GPA and high LSAT score matter to Law School Admissions. But if you do major in something like Math, I would suggest taking a lot of analytical and technical writing courses to help prepare you for law school.</p>
<p>probably philosophy. lots of arguments in it, and you'll learn logic which will help you on the LSAT.</p>
<p>Right. Even though you can essentialy major in anything and still be a candidate for law school, your LSAT score will probably benefit from studies such as ElectricTech mentioned.</p>
<p>word on the street is that math and philosophy students have the highest lsats</p>
<p>^^^ </p>
<p>J_DT speaks the truth, but really, unless you happen to love either math or philosophy, you should not major in either. They would make you miserable if you don't like them. Take whatever major appeals to you most and then take at least a logic course.</p>
<p>yeah, I'm going to be a philosophy major, and word is that they do tend to get high LSAT scores. BUT, a major part of why this happens, word is, because the group of people who take philosophy is a highly self selective group. most people don't care at all about the fundamental philosophical questions - the ones that do have some characteristic, generally, that helps them do well on things like the LSAT. </p>
<p>its probably very true that just the nature of philosophy courses prepares well for that sort of stuff, though. I would imagine it would be really, really boring and frustrating to someone who has no interest in the field, though. kind of like taking the average art major and making them take some highly technical math class.</p>
<p>another reason that philosophy majors do well is that it makes them think "better." Institutionalization lowers IQ (army ppl do get dumber), and thinking creatively helps the brain.</p>
<p>Public policy analysis. Finance. Accounting.</p>