<p>You do not need a 4.0 for law school. 3.5-3.7 will get you into almost any top law school depending on what else is on your resume. I am a current Duke econ major and if you work at least somewhat hard you should be able to get somewhere around a 3.7 which is really all you need for the best law school in the U.S. But you will probably not get a 4.0. Duke does not practice grade inflation as mush as a lot of other schools like the ivies got in trouble for a few years back (though it does inflate grates considerable compared to 1960s for instance). Econ is one of the hardest graded majors in Trinity behind only the core sciences really. I chose Duke over NU because I felt Duke was simply one step above NU but that was just how I saw it.</p>