<p>How does prelaw work? Is it a class? Do all colleges offer it? I am going to Mount San Jaciento for 2 years then I am going to hopefully transfer to Berkeley. I know people say your BA degree doesn't matter to get into law school. But wouldn't taking legals studies or something help? What types of undergrad law degrees are there?</p>
<p>This question is even better if you can answer it. What is the difference between Political Science and Legal studies?</p>
<p>Opinionated answer...</p>
<p>Prelaw is not a major, programme, arrangement, or even anything you need to fill out a form for. It's the plan of going to law school. I personally did not know that I was going to law school until the end of my senior year of college and was fine. I know people here who didn't know they wanted to go to law school until years after graduation - and they got in. So don't think that you need a certain major, school, or plan to go to law school. There are two requirements for law school: a college degree and an LSAT score.</p>
<p>So... now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's answer your other questions.</p>
<p>Legal studies, IMO, is worse than useless for law schools. The better schools don't want to see that sort of thing - they would prefer something that involves heavy writing, analysis, and research. Nothing you learn in undergrad will directly help you with law school. Any major is fine - so long as you get a good GPA and it isn't so laughably easy (like media communications) to bring doubt to your application.</p>
<p>For fun, here is a description of legal studies courses: <a href="http://www.umass.edu/legal/pdf/csedesgdF05.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.umass.edu/legal/pdf/csedesgdF05.pdf</a></p>
<p>I just googled "legal studies" and too the first one I found.</p>
<p>Not being a poli sci major, I can't tell you the difference.</p>
<p>I am applying to business schools, so would a busines administration/finance/econ major or something of that sort be good for law school? I'm not sure about law - but definitely sure about going into something business related. However if sometime I do decide to go into business law or something - would that be a good combination?</p>
<p>There are some advantages of being a legal studies major at Berkeley. Your letters of rec would most likely come from law professors. Now that is pretty sweet. In addition, undergrads are being taught completely by these higher level professors, excellent deal.</p>
<p>It isn't known for being rigorous, but some media comm or legal studies programs may be tough. It's nice that even within the humanities we can laugh at the "lesser" areas of study.</p>
<p>Legal studies does seem like a good major before getting my J.D.
<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_careers/profiles/majors/102012.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_careers/profiles/majors/102012.html</a></p>
<p>Is there a more popular majors for people before they go into prelaw? I don't want to go to Boalt Hall and be left behind because I didn't "prepare" good enough with courses.</p>
<p>According to Boalt's web site, the most popular undergraduate majors among admitted students are "Economics, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science." My guess is that it's not a coincidence that these are in alphabetical order.</p>
<p>So economics is a popular major? I was thinking of majoring in history or political science.</p>
<p>What if I told you that math majors do incredibly well on the LSAT. Would that influence your decision? Major in what you love.</p>
<p>I agree with those who have told you to study what you love and get the highest gpa you can. That said, here is a link to an ABA site describing good pre-law prep. I particularly recommend checking out the "Knowledge" portion. </p>
<p>I want to go into civil law and I am unsure of politcal science is the best for it. I would just like to be on the same ground as other students in law school. I don't want to know any less than what they do. Have I have choice of political science, history, or english(writting, and others), and economics. I have been tossed up between them. I will really have to think them over.</p>
<p>I'm planning on majoring in musical theatre, and then going to law school to be involved in entertainment law or industrial property law. Pretty much hoping I'm not going to be screwed over with my undergrad choice, but there's nothing else I care as much about.</p>
<p>California: Take a few classes in each, and then choose the one you like best and major in it. None of them will preclude you from going to law school, and it seems foolhardy to let people on this board choose one for you.</p>