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if you really want to be a lawyer then get in to a math or engineering program.
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Actually, if anything I would recommend the opposite, as math/engineering programs tend to give out the lowest grades, and law school admissions are, sadly, highly predicted on grades without concern for where those grades come from. For the purposes of law school admissions, you are far better off not taking difficult coursework at all than taking it and receiving poor grades. Sad but true.
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also, if you wanted patent law you may not have to be a law student. if your grades are good enough you can apply and take the bar without having ever set foot in a law school. that is for patent law only though
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To be clear, anybody with the requisite science/engineering background is allowed to take the USPTO Bar, regardless of their grades (provided that they passed their sci/eng coursework).
On the other hand, passing the USPTO bar without a law degree qualifies you only to be a patent
agent rather than a patent
attorney, the major difference being that only the latter is allowed to provide legal services, including patent litigation or related legal advice.
