<p>has anyone transfered or intend to transfer on this major. i've literally read every single page on this forum, and i can't see any berkeley transfers other than things like pysch</p>
<p>Hope You Read This!
Did You Apply For Legal Studies????</p>
<p>yes, and i was admitted as that major declared to the college of letter of sciences</p>
<p>GPA 3.7
IGETC done by spring
no ec</p>
<p>Are you attending and majoring in legal studies? I've been admitted for fall 06 but still thinking of going to USC for public policy.</p>
<p>WingZer0 (maybe even megalomez1299 as well),</p>
<p>What area of law do you plan on specializing in?</p>
<p>im not sure between legal studies and polysci, i hear berkeley poly sci students are the most pompous bunch around, sooooooooo i probably will go into legal studies. however legal studies has a capped grading, so only a specific number of students receive As</p>
<p>niki, criminal</p>
<p>I've met the requirments for both too. I'm also considering philosophy. Where did you find information about capped grading? I'd like to read it. The thing I saw I liked about the legal studies major was that courses in philosophy and political science can be used to satisfy osme of the requirments.</p>
<p>I'm planning on going into criminal law as well! I just can't decide UCB Legal Studies or USC Public Policy.</p>
<p>how hard is it to get into legal studies? its it impacted or anything</p>
<p>It's impacted because the amount of spots is capped.</p>
<p>how hard is it to get into legal studies? its it impacted or anything</p>
<p>my counselor and other people have told me law schools look down on legal studies. i was planning on majoring in that and switched to poli sci instead. i don't know though.</p>
<p>They don't look down at it. There are legal studies majors graduating from Cal and heading to Harvard Law. The point is that no major at Cal is better or worse for law school, as long as you develop the skills necessary.</p>
<p>If you absolutely love the idea of the legal studies major, you should do it.</p>
<p>I was thinking of doing a double major..mass comm and legal studies...is that crazy? How about major in mass comm and a minor in rhetric. The thing is, I want to go to law school and I can't decide which route will prepare me the best. I want the most well-rounded education possible. </p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>***oh yeah, I want to do entertainment law..hence the mass comm major</p>
<p>You don't need to take any classes that actually relate to law to prepare yourself for law school, just courses that will improve your ability to think analytically, etc.</p>
<p>right..so, what would you recommend? what are the best courses to improve your ability to think analytically? i know philosophy, rhetric, etc are good..but any others??</p>
<p>History, english, physics, lots of majors make you think analytically.</p>
<p>I hear econ majors typically score well on the LSAT.</p>
<p>Don't forget about math as training to help problem solve and improve analytical skills. In a way, those logic games on the LSAT are math oriented. I'm taking Intro to Logic this summer to help with that. Econ majors do very well on the LSAT as do math majors.</p>
<p>tallkell, if I were you, I would major in MC and just take some legal studies classes; don't major in LS too. If you double, then you're pretty much stuck taking ONLY LS and MC classes while you're here. You'll likely want to branch out and take, say a peace and conflict studies class, or a poli sci class, econ, or some other class that peaks your interest. If you double, you're constrained by the fact that you'll have to fufill the requirements of two majors in a limited time/unit frame. (letters and science will not let you enroll past 130 units or 136 if you double major [and there are limits to how many semesters you can enroll too]--if you don't have your required courses for your degree by that point, then it's off to UC extension you go). If you're seeking to improve the strength of your law school application by double majoring, don't. Last fall, admissions officers from Stanford Law, NYU Law, and Cornell Law, held a forum here at Berkeley in which they said they do not look upon double majors any more favorably than single majors. They are instead looking for applicants that took a challenging curriculum from a broad array of disciplines. On the other hand, if nothing else in this world interests you besides Legal Studies and Mass Comm, double major--but I doubt that's the case.</p>
<p>Also, Legal Studies at Berkeley is NOT "capped" or otherwise "impacted." Where do people get this stuff? Computer Science, Economics, Mass Communication, Psychology, Public Health, Social Welfare, and Operations Research & Management Science (ORMS) ARE. Legal Studies is NOT.</p>
<p>Reference: <a href="http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/choosingmajor/declare.html%5B/url%5D">http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/choosingmajor/declare.html</a></p>
<p>yeahbi*ches, thanks for your advice. I agree with you in that I do not believe double majoring will give me an advantage with law school admissions. In fact, I only ever considered it when checking out the course catalog and realizing many of the interesting LS classes are reserved for students within the major. I was hesitant though since, like you said, "If you double, then you're pretty much stuck taking ONLY LS and MC classes while you're here." I would much rather focus on taking courses which would give me knowledge of a little bit of everything.</p>
<p>Also, do you live in the dorms? If so, any you would recommend?</p>
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Wrong. Legal studies is capped (or was in the last cycle at least) for transfer students. Let me show you: </p>
<p>"Majors with Limited Admission Spaces</p>
<p>Chemistry 10 spaces (admit rate 32%) </p>
<p>Comp Science 90 spaces (admit rate 42%)</p>
<p>Legal Studies 25 spaces (admit rate 33%) </p>
<p>Social Welfare 15 spaces (admit rate 25%)"</p>
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