<p>While I am still in High School, It is never to early to start thinking.</p>
<p>I think I COULD be a very good lawyer, I write and execute solid arguments,catch small details,I am persuasive, I am rather good remembering a citing laws and possibility cases. My uncle is in business law and says I would make a solid lawyer. </p>
<p>But I don't know if I could mentally do it...... I would have problem defending criminals. So I look at prosecution. Honestly I think I this is better especially since I could care less about the pay, but If I found out I sent a innocent man to prison, I would probably break down. But it does provide a unparalleled path to politics and being a judge. </p>
<p>So I look at business law which we can agree is a completely different type of law which basically has you overseeing contracts and deals making sure they are air tight. The only problems I have with this is reading and writing all day could get boring. But yet again this also sets up a Executive position if you stay </p>
<p>I know a lot of you are going to say "Do your undergrad, then decide"....But the problem is the other field of my interest are CompSci and Physics, both tend to the very hard, which leads to a lower GPA. Not to mention if I went for Physics, it would is suicidal to go for anything other then a PhD.</p>
<p>If I know I was going to go Law, I would go History or International Relations, Both I am extremely confident I can carry a very
high GPA. </p>
<p>Are there any other types of law that could be a fit?
Sorry for bad grammar, It is almost 3AM.</p>
<p>oh lol, i see. I was assuming that alternative fuel business, among other things, would require a comibination of chemistry, biology, and physics talents. </p>
<p>just curious, why is your option (it seems) limited to getting a Ph.D after undergrad?</p>
<p>You can also practice civil litigation (torts, civil rights, family law, malpractice, estates, etc.) either as plaintiff or defense counsel. Criminal law is not the only way to do litigation.</p>
<p>I disagree that the taking physics will lead to a lower GPA. If that is your strong suit and you love it, there is no reason why you cannot graduate with a very high GPA. I know a couple of physics grads with 3.7 or 3.8. Physics and computing is also good for patent law, which is a very lucrative field when played at the top levels.</p>
<p>^ Points to TG. While it's true that a student who is average at all subjects will do more poorly in Physics than, say, English -- very few students are equally good at all subjects. Any given student might well be an excellent Physics student and a poor English student. Any given student might be an excellent student no matter what, or a poor student no matter what, or his skill set could easily be varied from the mean.</p>
<p>One test to determine whether you will be a good lawyer is to take an issue for which you have very strong feelings. Then see if you are argue the opposite side with passion and conviction. If you can't, you probably won't make a good lawyer. Being a lawyer means you have to be able to separate your personal opinions from your client's best interests and then act in your client's best interests.</p>
<p>For example, I met a young woman who was trying to determine whether she wanted to be a lawyer. I asked her how she felt about abortion and her view was adamant about how it was her body, her right, etc. I then asked her to presuade me that the pro life view was the only correct view on the subject. How well she was able to convince me to oppose abortion showed her a lot about how well she would make it as a lawyer.</p>
<p>Nightmare, I wouldn't be so sure about that if I were you. If by "governmental official" you mean elected office, then yes, a JD can help quite a bit. But if you mean something related to policy or government bureaucracy, then something like an MPP might be more useful.</p>
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<p>People who want to work for private corporations often decide to get a Masters in Business Administration. People who want to work managing government agencies often decide to pursue Masters in Public Administration. There are probably more management jobs in government than there are lawyer jobs in government.</p>