“Harder” - almost certainly, in general, although I’m sure there are individuals who would find the former easier to achieve than the latter.</p>
<p>More to the point, a person who attains a 3.0 in engineering from MIT, while demonstrating admirable mental skills and work habits, may or may not be well equipped to take on the specific tasks and skills required for the practice of law. There are many competent engineers who would make lousy lawyers (and the converse is quite certainly even more true!)</p>
<p>Well, law is a service profession. To be a good lawyer especially at the upper levels within law firms, one needs good sales skills. Obviously, being smart has nothing to do with being a good salesman. However, top law schools don’t admit candidates based on one’s people/sales skills anyways. Top law schools only look for academic merit within applicants. As a result, top law schools might as well admit the most qualified candidates according to LSAT spectrum.</p>