Academic Preparation for Law School

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What American Bar Association Law Schools require:

  1. Bachelor's degree
  2. Good grades
  3. Competitive Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores
  4. Other Evidence, e.g. letters of recommendation, that you are "serious"

"Good" majors for law school

  1. The one that fits your interest
  2. One in which you make good grades
  3. One that lays the basis for good "lawyering"
  4. Economics, the primary subject of law in a free market economy
  5. Philosophy, a discipline specializing in abstract reasoning
  6. Political Science, a social science focused on public authority

Other majors especially good for certain legal careers

  1. Criminal Justice and Psychology for Criminal Law
  2. Sociology for Family Law
  3. Sciences for Patent Law and Intellectual Property
  4. Business majors for Corporate, Sports and International law

Remember

Law Schools admit persons from all majors from Humanities to Natural Sciences,
From Fine Arts to Mathematics.