<p>I plan on majoring in LL&S but I just want answers from people who are either enrolled in this manor or friends of students who are enrolled in this major. How hard is this major? Is it difficult to maintain a good GPA? I plan on going on to law school so I need a good GPA. How many hours of "homework" do you usually get a night? Who are some of the best professors?</p>
<p>Sorry I meant major not manor</p>
<p>I will make a bet: You don’t really want to major in LLS. It may take you a few years to figure that out (assuming you get into the University of Chicago in the first place), since it looks like you are in 11th grade.</p>
<p>LLS was never intended as a pre-law major. In fact (or in the facts as I believe them to be), Dennis Hutchinson, the law professor who founded LLS, used to exclude anyone who said he wanted to go to law school from the major. I don’t think anyone bothers with that pretense anymore. But LLS is very quirky and very Chicago – a mixture of humanities and social sciences, with a little law thrown in. It’s not for everyone, that’s for sure. Many more people check it out than ultimately commit to it. I think it’s fairly demanding, and a pretty small major, although many of the people in it do go on to law school. But, really, it doesn’t give you any leg up on law school or law school admissions. It DOES let you take a class on storytelling and count it towards your major, though.</p>
<p>As JHS referenced, LLS is a major you must apply to. From what I’ve heard it’s actually pretty difficult to get in (and remember, you’re competing against fellow UChicago students, not just a general applicant pool like you are when applying to the University in the first place.) The coursework is about average for the university, but like he said, it’s not geared towards law school admission, nor will it help over any other major.</p>
<p>Also, if you’re planning on choosing a major based on which will be the easiest to maintain a high-GPA, you will be miserable at this university.</p>
<p>Many of the courses in LLS are cross-listed with political science, history, sociology, etc., so if the content of the classes is what appeals to you then you will be largely able to access them whether you are affiliated with the major or not. Indeed, the courses are ideally taken on a piecemeal basis as part of traditional liberal arts major (e.g. An American history major might wish to take American Law and the Rhetoric of Race as an upper division elective).</p>
<p>However, I would not major in LLS because I wanted to go to law school (as it confers no admissions advantage) nor because it sounds vaguely marketable (it is not). There are some selective colleges (e.g. LSE) that offer a pre-law meets accounting major that one can actually roll over into, say, a big four auditor gig or a compliance focused financial services position. However, LLS is effectively is a humanities degree when studied in full, and in the event you do not proceed directly to law school, you should be prepared to face the obvious consequence in the job market. Bearing all these facts in mind, I am frankly surprised that the College allows a major to bear the LLS name, given the material risk of students misallocating their time.</p>