What would be best for an aspiring attorney?

Dustyfeathers
Fri, 23 Feb 2018 01:55:14 +0000

You can major in anything to become a lawyer. – Nursing, arts, engineering, theater, gender studies, foreign languages of some sort, you name it. Any major is great. There’s a type of law that can use those skills. Getting work experience in your chosen area also helps.

What you need to do is to –

Get at least 3.7+ GPA

Get at least 172 LSAT (yest you can start studying for this now)

Apply to a top 10 law school. Those law schools are the only ones that more or less guarantee that you will practice law upon graduation -- or will get a job where you use your law degree. They also offer loan-forgiveness programs (for the most part) in case you decide to go into government or public interest work. They also are schools where Big Law recruits -- if you want to make the big bucks.