Does Philosophy really help you for law school or the LSAT

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Does philosophy really help your logic for the LSAT? Does it help you for law school in any way?</p>

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<p>Philosophy helps you . . .
think.
write.
read difficult material.
understand a complex argument.
craft your own argument so that it is pursuasive.</p>

<p>Among other things that philosophy helps with, these are all skills which are important for law school and being an effective lawyer.</p>

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<p>Regarding its benefits for the LSAT: I think it helps, but the average philosophy major scores a 15X on the LSAT, and there are a few other majors that tend to have higher average scores, so I wouldn’t say it “really” helps. (However, another reason could be that people who self-select into these other majors tend to be naturally better test-takers and the ones who self-selected into philosophy improved more on the LSAT, but there’s really no way to figure this out.)</p>

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<p>A logic class in a philosophy department can help you.</p>