<p>So, I'm a freshman at a large state public university. As of right now, I'm a Theatre and French double major and I currently have a 4.0. (Hoping that I'll keep it!)</p>
<p>Here's my question: Will being a Theatre major hurt my chances of getting into a good law school? I know that law schools like variety and take people of all fields, but many perceive a theatre major to be an 'easy major' that you can just slide through. (Although, inadvertently, I've heard a lot of theatre majors end up becoming lawyers.)</p>
<p>Also, my father is a lawyer. Would it be helpful at all to my resume to work for him over a summer? Or would it just look like I was trying to pad my resume and take the 'easy route' of working for my father?</p>
<p>And last thing. I'm a student in the regular college at my college and not the Honors College. Will it hurt me that I'm not in the Honors College? I didn't have the grades in high school to get in, but now I'm taking school a lot more seriously.</p>
<p>Being a theater major will not hurt your chances. The LSAT serves as the equalizer. As a headhunter, I have worked with attorneys with every major you can imagine. In all my years, 3 of the most sought after candidates with whom I worked were theater majors. One had been an actor for several years before going to law school.</p>
<p>I can tell you I knew quite a few theater majors at Northwestern who went into law; their theater training was excellent practice for arguing in front of the court.</p>
<p>AUgirl, to answer one question, I do not think there could be any sort of negative connotations applied to your working with your father at his law firm. Rather, you have a supreme opportunity to find experience in a field that you would otherwise not be qualified to find experience in – if you want to be a lawyer, why not take advantage of this?</p>
<p>Also, it will not hurt you that you were not in your honors college. However, if you can maintain just as high a GPA in your honors college as you would in regular education, then it would be beneficial to join the honors college. But if joining the honors college would result in even an iota’s difference in your GPA (assuming this difference would be negative), then I personally believe joining the honors college would be detrimental, not benign, to your chances at getting into the best law school you can.</p>