Wait...Undergrad Majors DO matter?!

<p>I read a post on patent law that said you must have atleast a bachelor's degree in some science or technological major such as biology, chemisty, or engineering in order to do patent law. </p>

<p>Is this true? And are there any other areas of law that require a certain kind of degree?</p>

<p>The undergraduate - and graduate degrees matter a great deal for intellectual property law and can be pluses in other areas, but generally, the undergraduate degree is not a huge factor.</p>

<p>Note that there are also multiple issues here. Iddus02, you're talking about an undergrad degree being important for the practice of a particular branch of law, while the "major doesn't matter" claim more generally applies to law school admissions.</p>

<p>I've heard that a Master's in a Science/ Engineering field are preferable for Patent law (probably because you should have a general idea of what your chemist, electrical engineering, and computer science clients are talking about), but besides this specific field it does not really matter.</p>