<p>Can anyone suggest specific undergrad classes that would be helpful for preparing for the LSAT or law school in general?</p>
<p>I'm looking for something more specific than "anything that requires lots of reading and writing." Sorry if this has been discussed before, although I did a quick search and didn't find related threads.</p>
<p>Law schools recommend a broad liberal arts education as the best preparation for law school, and specifically discourage so-called “pre-law” and “legal studies” majors. Nonetheless, the following offer some useful suggestions:
[Preparing</a> for Law School](<a href=“http://www.abanet.org/legaled/prelaw/prep.html]Preparing”>http://www.abanet.org/legaled/prelaw/prep.html)
<a href=“http://www.calvin.edu/academic/pre-law/recommended-courses.html[/url]”>http://www.calvin.edu/academic/pre-law/recommended-courses.html</a>
[Career</a> Development Center || Academic Preparation for Pre-Law || Bucknell University](<a href=“http://www.bucknell.edu/x2825.xml]Career”>http://www.bucknell.edu/x2825.xml)
<a href=“http://www/loisiana.edu/Academic/LiberalArts/PHIL/WhyStudyPhilosophy.html[/url]”>http://www/loisiana.edu/Academic/LiberalArts/PHIL/WhyStudyPhilosophy.html</a></p>
<p>Different schools have different courses. Talk to someone in you pre-professional advising office about this.</p>
<p>I took NO law, pre-law, poli-sci classes…I was a Bio/Eng major. 1) Most people in law school, and most deans and law professors, know that college is a complete joke, so don’t even try to make out that it was meaningful, 2) Get a strong background in writing.</p>
<p>Classes in philosophy, history, logic may help, but that all goes to performance once you get here not admissions. As far as LSAT prep, you know whats on the test, work on writing, reading comp and logic based assessments.</p>
<p>If you were smart enough to get into a decent law school, chances are you did very little work in college and performed reasonably well…law schools operate on this assumption…</p>
<p>When I got here they told us, “We know that you probably skated by in undergrad, did very little, and got away with it. That won’t fly here, prepare for a real education.” We spend roughly 20% of our time just making fun of the uneducated undergrad masses…like they say, “If law school was easy, everyone would come here…like College.”</p>
<p>zapfino, thanks for the links. This was helpful from the ABA page</p>
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<li>A broad understanding of history, including the various factors (social, political, economic, and cultural) that have influenced the development of our society in the United States.</li>
<li>A fundamental understanding of political thought and of the contemporary American political system.</li>
<li>Some basic mathematical and financial skills, such as an understanding of basic pre-calculus mathematics and an ability to analyze financial data.</li>
<li>A basic understanding of human behavior and social interaction.</li>
<li>An understanding of diverse cultures within and beyond the United States, of international institutions and issues, of world events, and of the increasing interdependence of the nations and communities within our world.</li>
</ul>
<p>thank you sacchi</p>
<p>I think that the list sacchi provided is good.</p>
<p>I would add that classes that enable one to develop good research and writing skills, and a philosophy course in elementary logic would be helpful.</p>
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<p>I lol’d. This is gold, Jerry, gold.</p>