I am a senior right now and know I want to go to Law school, I just do not know how to get there. I am an econ major with a 3.3 in a low level UC. I have been told to get my CPA license and then apply to law school to give me an edge since my gpa isn’t very high, but is that worth it? I have to take at minimum a year off to take the LSAT but do not know exactly what to do during that year. Should I work? Find law internships? Any insight will help!
a CPA will not help you get into LS.
Plus, you will need 100+ hours of accounting courses to even sit for the exam. It requires quite a bit of study.
If you want to go to LS, study your butt off for the LSAT and work for a year or two.
With that GPA from a low-level UC, you’ll have a hard time getting into a good (i.e., one that might be worth the tuition) law school even with a stellar LSAT. Go for it if you want to, but you may be looking at a lot of debt and not a lot of job prospects.
I’d spend time getting ready for the LSAT and see how you do: you could take a real LSAT test next fall, after you study some for it during the school year and a lot next summer.
Once you have your LSAT score (or a range of how you’ll do), then figure out if law school is worth it. If you have a 159/3.3 then it’s not worth it. If you have a 177/3.3, then it will be worth it.
A CPA/JD could be a good career door-opener for some industries, but it won’t help you get into law school much unless you take additional accounting classes and boost your GPA.