If you want to become a lawyer what is a good major you should choose while your in college (undergrad)?
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In general, if you have an area of law you’d like to practice, pick a major in that area.
If you have no idea, I like two majors for law school:
1) Psychology – good b/c it’s useful to have a good idea behind a person’s thought. Whether it’s a client, opponent, judge, whatever. It’s also an amazingly easy major so you should get high grades in it (altho law schools know this so they expect top grades).
2) English/Writing – all lawyers need to write. You research and you write. Excellent writers typically become excellent lawyers. The only negative is this is usually a pretty tough major to get good grades in. If you like it, don’t let it deter you though. Law school is tough so if you’re always shying away from a little work and competition, well, you shouldn’t be a lawyer in the first place.
Poly Sci and Philosophy are common choices. Personally, I think they’re horrible choices. I see little to no good reason why anyone would choose them. Unless they actually love those subjects. That’s ok then. Otherwise, the advantages they assume these majors have are also in Psychology, but psychology actually does have some small usefulness once in law school and beyond. These don’t.
What you want to do to get into a good law school is be involved. So, get some good grades, do well on your LSAT, and have a lengthy resume. Get involved in groups, clubs, intramural sports, etc. – the admission committees want to know you have a life and are in school. They want you to be able to juggle the two – have a good balance between them.
So it doesn’t matter!
RE :If you want to become a lawyer what is a good major you should choose while your in college (undergrad)?
Not a lawyer 4 things like murder trials. Things like civil cases and minor stuff and maybe minor criminal offenses.
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