Undergrad law

<p>Syncastar, are you a lawyer? You are completely wrong on so many points. Previous posters that state that law schools dislike undergrad "pre-law" as a major are right on point.</p>

<p>Maybe your point Syncastar is for people that want to be paralegals (as a final profession, not as an interim step b/t college and law school)? If that is true MAYBE there is some value in a "pre-law" major. M1L17--what is a paralegal degree??? Never heard of it.</p>

<p>If you want to go to law school the most important thing is to be a good writer.</p>

<p>hi im an incoming college freshman next year and i cant decide what courses to take that will eventually lead me to law school. I used to want to double major in ir and econ and maybe minor in philosophy or linguistics but now im wondering whether i should just take one major and just get a better grade in it</p>

<p>do law schools care about course load at all like undergrad admissions?</p>

<p>also do they care if i dont take any math or science classes in college? (excluding maybe an intro math id need to econ)</p>

<p>also is it really important to get into activities like debate or newspaper or is it like as long as u do some ec its a wash?</p>

<p>law school ain't a "wash", bro. not even for your all-powerful (<em>snorts</em>) econ major.</p>

<p>i mean is it important to do a lot of ecs or just as long as you do something law schools dont really care</p>

<p>krongman.....I agree
Let see a ibanker write a contract for that billion dollar deal....Oh wait,they hire a lawyer to cover their ***.</p>

<p>Just take the courses you want to. Law schools really don't care. They aren't lying when they all say that on their websites: it is true.</p>

<p>Personally, I think you should just major in something you would not mind holding a job in if, heaven forbid, you were not able to get into Law School for some reason. There is no reason to burn yourself out on studying past court cases before you get there, since they are just going to make you learn it all different anyway. I am a senior now, and I went with Electrical Engineering. If for some reason I am not able to go to law school next year, I will be fine. I have a major I can use to get a job I would be happy doing.</p>

<p>As everyone else has said, don't worry too much about what you are doing in undergraduate as it pertains to law school. As long as you are not in the fake major Pre-Law programs, it is very hard to screw things up for yourself.</p>

<p>Just please steer clear of the Pre-Law "major". It is not real, and it is only going to end badly for you.</p>

<p>would an undergrad degree in education (major in science/history with an education add-on for high school) be a bad idea???? would admissions look upoin it poorly?</p>

<p>Hey, I am currently in Business Administration with a concentration in Pre-law. I plan on going into a joint degree program (JD/MBA) Should I drop the pre-law concentration?
If you are interested here is my degree outline:
<a href="http://www.nicholls.edu/finance/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/pre-law-06-07.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nicholls.edu/finance/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/pre-law-06-07.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>There is no best undergrad law...but some degrees are really an asset for law. CPA or MBA or Masters in Finance for business or securities law. Engineering/science for IP, psychology for criminal law. It does not mean that these are essentials, only significant assets.</p>

<p>what do you guys think about a rhetoric or econ major?</p>

<p>moral of the story, do engineering/math/physics
you score better on the exam and as far as grades go, your GPA may be lower, but you graduate in a better situation, i know at Rutgers, a 3.2 in Engineering is graduating with honors which is the equivalent of a 3.6 in SAS</p>

<p>I think that pre-law is not exactly favorable to law schools. In other words, most law schools like to see diversity. So if you are a biology major, chemistry major or anthropology major...this might be looked upon favorably on your application. Personally, I think that an economics, international affairs, or statistics background is what most law schools are primarily after. Engineering is not a bad field either. </p>

<p>The reasoning behind this is to encourage broad discussion in the classroom. It wouldn't be that interesting if everybody only studied law before coming to law school. After all, that is the purpose of law school.</p>

<p>iceman why would you do better on the exam (I presume you're talking about the LSAT) if you major in engineering/math/physics?</p>

<p>I'm a Comm Major at USC's Annenberg. I MAYYY one day want to pursue law school. Are Comm majors looked down upon on Law School apps? Would I be better off as a PoliSci major? or does it make a difference?</p>

<p>MitchR, for what its worth, my brother graduated from Cal as a Legal Studies [Pre-Law] major and he's a 1L at Stanford right now. The top GPA guy of the department is currently at Yale. While its true that a 3.9 in Legal Studies isn't as great as a 3.9 in Business Administration, its not a large enough a handicap that people should worry about it.</p>

<p>I am a HS student and am looking into a political science degree as a major and than my hopes are to go to law school after that. Is this degree a bad or a good idea in the sense that no real job can come after obtaining this degree besides going to law school? what are your opinions on this undergraduate major? Also, would you advise me to concentrate on more logical pursuits such as the sciences or the math undergraduate majors for potential law school applications?</p>

<p>Poli Sci is an excellent pre-law stream and very popular too. Cannot comment on what you can do besides law. I would say that if you are interested in business law (corporate, commercial, securities) then consider taking a degree in accounting as this will help you tremendously. A science degree will help in IP law.</p>

<p>elle woods got into Harvard Law with a 4.0 in Fashion Studies...</p>

<p>and a 179 LSAT.</p>