<p>Ever since I can conceptualize I have always wanted to go to law school. I was wondering what are some majors Chicago offers in prep for law school?</p>
<p>Any of them. While some like Political Science, Public Policy, Philosophy, and Law, Letters and Society might be more favored choices for those intending law school, the Core (especially humanities, social sciences, and civilization studies) will give you the kind of background in writing and rhetoric that will be important for LSAT prep and doing well in law school itself. I know a few law students who went to UofC undergrad and then decided to come back for law school- one Econ major, one Poli Sci major, one Law Letters major, an English major, and a Psych major.</p>
<p>Dear Grace,</p>
<p>What is your choice of advaced degree? Law? I thought your performance at the parents orientation certainly qualified.</p>
<p>My son, currently in law school, was a Sociology major at the U of C. As a lawyer, I can tell you that you can major in anything and go to law school - I majored in Radio-TV-Film at that other Chicago school!).</p>
<p>@artlovers, still trying to decide. My main area of interest is in bioethics and the social side of health and medicine, still trying to decide if I want to go to medical school or law school for work eventually in health policy law (with a little <em>scrupulous</em>*work in medical malpractice on the side). Hopefully Fulbright will be kind to me and give me another year to think things through… :)</p>
<p>Good for you Grace! And wish you the best!</p>
<p>You can major in anything and go to law school. You should study what you are interested in. Majors like Political Science and History are more common, but only because a lot more people from those majors apply to law school in general. Especially if you are aiming for very selective law schools that have more qualified applicants than seats in the school, majoring in something else (like science) can be useful, to help differentiate someone. But only if you actually want to study it. In short, study what you want to study in college and do it well. That’s basically the ticket to law school. As someone stated above, the various aspects of the Core (and most other classes, too) take care of the critical thinking an writing pieces that law schools expect applicants to have completed.</p>