How Much Does Work Exp and LOR's Weight?

brownug
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:24:03 +0000

You could become a paralegal, angry.

But also, you could work at a government type of office: legislator’s office…volunteer for a Congressman…etc. …things of that sort. An undergrad dormmate of mine (a she) volunteered in D.C. for some legislator’s office. I’m pretty sure that looks good. But hers was only a summer gig and she’s not sure she wants to do anything with it law related, b/c she’s thinking of business school right now and that direction instead. But just saying…you can definitely do stuff that’s related to law and not have a law degree.

I think I even read a story of someone majoring in music and playing in a symphony and THEN applying to law school…either it was law or medical. But the point was that law and medicine don’t have fixed paths. I think if you just do well in school and distinguish yourself in an area and just do well in it and take the required courses and exams to apply, then you can do lots of stuff before applying to med and law school.