Hi! I am a high school freshman who aspires to go to law school and do something in law (be a politician, lawyer, or judge). What are some extracurriculars (programs, internships, etc…) that I should take part in that relate to law?
-Thank you!
If your school has a debate club, mock court, or any club related to politics or leadership, try to get on board with those. Get involved with your local government (volunteering when there are elections, finding out if there are any programs to interact with officials for students). Become close to your government or civics teacher, they might be able to hook you up with a program. There might even be law internships for high school students near your area or in your state. Do some research and good luck!
Do things you like. There are all kinds of people with all kinds of interests in law school. Musicians, football players, bankers, chemists. They’ll all be there.
If you are interested in politics, get involved in local politics, work at the State Capitol if you can, do Model UN, debate, any scholarships that require research and writing papers. Do what you like.
Agree – do things you like, that you feel passionate about, that you can excel at.
Law school is (at least) seven years away and nobody will ask or care about what you did in HS.
Those responses were very helpful! Thank you! From my understanding so far, you don’t have to do anything specific (just do what I am passionate about).
Getting involved in politics might be a good EC–maybe you can volunteer and help campaign for a local political party you support. Debate club and Model UN are also good clubs. But, just do what interests you. Don’t plan your entire high school on getting into law school, you’re plans might change. Explore your interests and do clubs that interest you. Remember you will be apply to an UG program first, not law school.
Any law or politics related extracurriculars you do in high school should be for the purposes of determining whether you are interested enough in those areas to want to go down that path, rather than for law school admissions (which will be based on things you do while in college, mostly college GPA and LSAT scores).