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If you are serious about law, I would suggest holding off on pre-med requirements your first semester or two at Duke. Law school entrance heavily (and I mean heavily) weights your GPA, and you will find Duke pre-med classes, especially at the beginning levels, to be very difficult and grade-deflated (it is not uncommon for people who stack up on pre-med classes their first semester freshman year to get multiple Cs or Ds since the transition is so great, which would be killer for you if you eventually want to get into a top-5/10 law school). Duke is a great place for getting people into top law schools -- the places my friends are going are all very, very strong (I just graduated) -- but it will not be able to help you if you end up with a bad GPA. I would venture to say that AP bio is prob more similar to Duke science classes than your past experiences in math/science so if you hate it that might be something to think about. Finally, you can always start on the pre-med track your sophomore year if you decide that you want to do medicine in the end; there's no rush and there are plenty of people who will be in the same boat. Hope this helps.
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