<p>Hi im 18 yrs. old and in H.S. I am going to be truly honest about what i like. I overall know that i want to go to law school someday, a top law school. The problem is that i do not know what to major in. My mind tells me engineering because it could allow me to enter patent law which is a great field but i know i would have to give up a lot of my college life. On the other side my heart tells me to do international relations and economics. The thing is i dont know how marketable an international business major/ economics major is. </p>
<p>Overall i speak 4 languages and i love to travel all over the world. I dont know if maybe im being to much of a dreamer but what major do you recommend?</p>
<p>Find a school that will allow for you to study engineering with the ability to incorporate some legal course work or minor in economics. This makes you among the most rounded candidates applying to graduate school of any kind. As an engineer, you will develop great analytical and problem solving skills. Studying economics gives you the ability to understand the big picture with respect to how one individual person or department’s action can affect everyone in their industry’s marketplace. Under the current climate, this is a skill set sorely missed. </p>
<p>You should also consider opting for an MBA program that has a Economics specialization. This way, if you can’t find a job, just hang your own shingle as a consultant. Oklahoma State University has a such an MBA that is available on campus or online. A Patent Attorney who is trained as an Engineer and has a deep business and economics background should never have a problem building a career. Believe me, this is something that is still on my own personal radar and I have yet to find anything that suggests it is a bad way to go. [In fact, my personal research is indicating that if you actually want to practice law, this way or getting an LLM in Financial Services to work at an Investment Bank is the ONLY way to go for the immediate future]</p>
<p>If I had it to do all over again, I would definitely do the same. My only exception is that I would probably complete my law degree at the University of London [LLB program] through their external [read: distance education] offering, apply to an LLM program, and then to the state bar and a patent bar. But that is just me.</p>