<p>I am a high school student looking at law school after a 4 year college. My top 3 right now are Illinois State, Florida Central, and the Liberal Arts College at University of Illinois.</p>
<p>As of now, my plan is to major in Political Science, and minor in History and Spanish, to be followed by Law School, most likely in Chicago.</p>
<p>Is this an acceptable study course for Law admissions and LSAT preparation, and is the minor in history redundant or unnecessary? Does anyone have any thoughts on mentioned schools based on my major?
Thanks for the comments!</p>
<p>It doesn’t really matter what you study in undergrad. Law schools accept any and every major. They only care about GPAs. The only exceptions to this are the niche law fields. For example, to be the most competitive in the intellectual property fields you want a major in electrical engineering or computer science. Similarly transactional attorneys of many flavors would benefit from an undergrad versed heavily in accounting. Antitrust lawyers stand to benefit from economics. It may be worth exploring whether those fields of law interest you, and governing your undergrad accordingly.</p>
<p>As a general point, it’s usually a good idea to plan your undergrad with the distinct possibility that either you may decide law school is not for you, or you will flub the LSAT and law school won’t be worth attending. In either case it pays to have had an undergrad major that translates into salable skills. Majors that teach you to do things become very valuable at that point, so I would try to at least minor in something you can sell employers.</p>