Science and Law

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What is the best “pre-law” curriculum? How does one prepare for law school?</p>

<p>The Harvard Law School faculty prescribes no fixed requirements with respect to the content of pre-legal education. The nature of candidates’ college work, as well as the quality of academic performance, is taken into account in the selection process. As preparation for law school, a broad college education is usually preferable to one that is narrowly specialized. The Admissions Committee looks for a showing of thorough learning in a field of your choice, such as history, economics, government, philosophy, mathematics, science, literature or the classics, rather than a concentration in courses given primarily as vocational training. The Admissions Committee considers that those programs approaching their subjects on a more theoretical level, with attention to educational breadth, are better preparatory training for the legal profession than those emphasizing the practical.

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<p><a href=“http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/HLSfaqs.php[/url]”>http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/HLSfaqs.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This is merely one example.</p>