But see, that is the “beauty” of law school. As long as you have a 3.9, HYS won’t care if your major is “worthless.” Its not the applicants’ faults, that Law School have only two standards: GPA+LSAT.
A’s in basket-weaving are just as good as A’s in geothermal-nuclear…
So, if you can ace English, go for it. (Just don’t change your mind about LS.)