<p>I've gathered from reading other threads that most people here suggest majoring in philosophy if the student in question wants to attend law school. I have more of an interest in classics, however. I was considering the possibility of a classics major/American studies minor, or perhaps even a double-major. I wanted some opinions on this and if classics is kind of in the same boat as philosophy.</p>
<p>With the exception of a small number of majors ( leisure studies, criminal studies, pre-law, etc), you can pretty much major in anything you want. My D’s BFF was a classic major, graduated with honors and a PBK. Killed the LSAT, because at the end of the day all that matters is LSAT & GPA and went to Stanford.</p>
<p>It’s a great major for law school. I strongly suggest studying either Greek or Latin, as the training you get in undergrad will be enormously helpful when doing statutory interpretation in law school (and beyond).</p>
<p>Choose a major which interests you and that will likely result in you doing well in undergrad. It really doesn’t matter much what major you study in terms of being of help in admissions or when you’re in law school. The lawyers I know show a wide variety of undergrad degrees and there doesn’t seem to be any particular pattern of success based on their majors. My D was an English major with a minor in Philosphy and one in Spanish. She graduated third in her class. The gold medalist had a major in Biological Sciences and the young man who won the silver was an undergrad Business major. A Classics major would be fine.</p>