Question: Best Undergrad Law Programs

<p>Could someone please give me a list of the colleges that have the best undergraduate law programs?</p>

<p>As far as I know you don't need a particular PROGRAM to apply for law school. When I was in law school, I was a sociology major & we had folks with all sorts of majors--political science, english, philosophy, business, journalism, math, and just about everything else.</p>

<p>It law, it is useful to be able to do good research. It is also useful to be a good oral advocate. Logical thinking is a plus too. It's important to get good grades at a decent school, high LSAT scores, good recommendations, & good ECs. That should be able to get you into a decent law school.</p>

<p>I went to UOregon as an undergrad & then got into UCDavis & UCHastings (in SF) for law school.
Good luck!
HImom</p>

<p>There's no real undergraduate law programs I think... you may find similar majors such as "legal studies" or "pre-law" but they do not reproduce the law curriculum from Law Schools (which you enter after finishing an undergraduate degree).</p>

<p>There is no such thing as an undergraduate law degree in the United States. </p>

<p>I did a foreign language major as an undergrad, and got my law degree years later after being out in the working world. ANY undergraduate major is a possible pre-law major; law schools don't care what you majored in when they make admissions decisions, and admittees to the top law schools have undergraduate degrees from many different undergraduate schools.</p>

<p>You might want to look at where you want to go to Law school and then see where they get their students from...For example...say you wanted to go to Harvard Law school...if you go to their site you might find that half of their first year class came from Harvard undergrad, then maybe 20 from Stanford, 10 for Princeton, 10 from Yale...1 from UC Davis. Then if you can find out how many people applied from those schools you would be able to identify programs that helped get students into Harvard...you could do the same for Stanford, or most other Law Schools if you dig deep enough for profiles of students.</p>

<p>As posted above there really is no particular undergrad program(s) leading to law school. Most any undergrad major will do. PoliSci was traditionally the classic pre-law path. However, the study of law requires tremendous amounts of reading, writing and logic. A major in English would serve you well, as would philosophy courses in logic and related matters. Some Bus Admin courses also are helpful. Most undergrad business schools will have business law and certain writing/communications courses that are helpful in moving on to law school.</p>

<p>The best law school feeders are usually the best schools, you can major in anything. Look at the WSJ feeder list. If I remember correctely the list is something like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, Williams, Dartmouth, Amherst...</p>

<p>Emphatically, American law schools do not require a specific undergraduate preparation, i.e. major, for admission to their Jurisdoctor programs. Please, do not load yourself with goverment or history classes. I heard it said that math and logic (philosophy majors) do well in law school, but obviously success is not limited to people with that background. Just make sure you can write well.</p>