Perfect major before Law School ?

ConCerndDad
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:10:45 +0000

With over 27 years as a lawyer, my opinion is that any college major is good enough to get you into a US law school, provided that your college grades are good and your LSAT is good. The better your grades and scores (and your college), the more “prestigous” the US law school that will accept you. To make a good lawyer, you need to be able to write well, but that skill is not necessary to get into law school.

I was a science major and now do patent law litigation work. A science degree is nesessary to do patent law, not merely a “great interest”, as I see in so many job applications.

This question has come up numerous times on this board. Do some searching. Everyone says the same thing. Maybe you should talk to someone in your college, too.