<p>Does a major in the Classics give one the trainning one needs for law school?</p>
<p>I dont think any majors give you the training you need. But I think Business, Engineering, and the hard math and sciences do a better job of preparing you for the difficult and work load of law school than Liberal Arts does.</p>
<p>aynone else?</p>
<p>Vyse is right that no undergrad major prepares you to be a lawyer. But classics will do fine at preparing you to be a law student. So long as it doesn't ruin your gpa (only you know how demanding the grading in the department is relative to other departments at your college, and how well you'll perform in classics courses versus classes in other majors), it may well be a bonus to you because it's less common than poli sci or english. </p>
<p>I only took one year of Latin in college but wished I'd started earlier and taken more. It taught me to study in a focused, intense way that really paid off in law school, where 100% of your grade often rests on a single exam. And it helped with looking at the fine details of a text, which is useful for statutory interpretation and contracts (the placement of a comma can make a real difference in the law!).</p>