<p>If you want to attend law school, switch out of criminology (which prepares you for direct jobs after college in law enforcement or prisons) and into a major that law schools are interested in, such as Philosophy, history, or government.
Then, make sure you get the highest possible grades on your finals and immediately after Thanksgicing Break go see your professors in EACH class during office hours (or make an appointment) to explain something horrible happened in your family which distracted you but you"re trying to get back on track and were hoping s/he would be kind enough to tell you what you need to work on most urgently.
Try to get your GPA as close to 3.0 as you can, since it’s very hard to “come back from” a GPA lower than that.</p>