Will this help me?

<p>I'm transferring from a community college to a UC next year. Currently UCLA is where I'm going unless I get into Cal tommorow. I'm majoring in political science. In highschool I took french for 3 1/2 years but I haven't had a French class or spoke it for the past 2 years. I was wondering if minoring in French would help me get into a better law school and help me more in a job? I want to concentrate in comparative politics or international relations and then go into international law after law school. </p>

<p>Also if it does help me, I need to brush up on my French so is there an easy way? Should I get a tutor or something?</p>

<p>Speaking French is very unlikely to help you get into law school. As helping "in a job," it clearly depends entirely on the job. </p>

<p>UCLA likely has informal speaking groups in some capacity that should be able to help you brush up.</p>

<p>I don't see how it would help. Just focus on poli sci, there's no need for double-majoring, minors, etc. I imagine you have taken all of your electives at your previous school and will have little time to take French classes anyway.</p>

<p>Like I said...I want international law...</p>

<p>the point is admissions won't care. if you believe that it will help you because you think it is important in some way, take it! that is way more important than admissions unless it seriously compromises your chances.</p>

<p>I wanted to add that it may help slightly if you are 100% fluent, not if you took a couple of courses on the college level.</p>

<p>^This is correct. For your language skills to be of any use to an international law firm, you would need a near-native-speaker level of fluency. Knowing a few phrases like "which way is the bathroom?" aren't at all useful when you're dealing with sophisticated, precise legal documents.</p>