<p>I was trolling through the interwebs looking for LSAT prep tools when I came across a Wikipedia Article that referenced this study(SSRN-LSAT</a> Scores of Economics Majors: The 2008-2009 Class Update by Michael Nieswiadomy). The thing I found most interesting about it is that pre-law majors were down at the bottom of the barrel as far as average LSAT scores went. So if this is accurate why would people continue to consider pre-law to be a good undergrad for a law student when it looks to be anything but. On that note perhaps the name should be changed from pre-law to undergraduate legal studies.</p>
<p>Because only the severely uninformed actually think it’s a good major for law school prep, and the university (usually lower tier) markets the major to appeal to young hopefuls. Kinda sad really.</p>
<p>Most top schools don’t have pre-law majors. I’ve never heard of it.</p>
<p>Some people don’t do their research.</p>
<p>well it depends, i think it’s done to create an equivallent to llb degrees (offered in other countries in europe and america). im finishing a llb degree myself, but if i were to continue my studies in law i wouldnt need more than a masters degree… instead, students in pre-law have to continue into 3 years of law school.</p>
<p>Really just about anything is okay for law school. It’s really no benefit to major in something as trivial as “legal studies” or “pre-law.”</p>
<p>Your legal education begins in law school, not college.</p>