i have a lot of cousins majoring in communications, but personally, i haven’t heard whether it’s “unrespectable” or not. but if you’re on your way to law school, take any major that you are fully interested in because law schools like to see that you’re well-rounded and not just taking the “pre-law” path. hope this helps!

It is great. I am currently getting my Masters in Comm Studies, my undergrad is Mass Comm. I teach Public speaking now as part of paying for my MA. The major is fast and growing. You can do pretty much anything. You can do Public Relations, TV, Film, Radio, Journalism…anything. Its great, just pick a concentration or just skim the surface of all and be a scholar like me haha. Salaries range dependant on what you do but I promise if you do private practice PR you will be set.

Plus- since you want to go into law, it would be great. Especially if you stick to the speech comm parts. You can learn about nonverbal communication and really learn how to read your clients/opponets. Plus, in communication you will learn lots of persuasion which is KEY to law practice.

What I know is that is very very competitive and you have to start way on the bottom right after graduation. It is a good paying major if you work for tv. If you want a major that involves writing and public speaking without having to compete so much with others for a job you can do mass communications, speech communications, or public relations. (Trust me, there’s a lot of writing and public speaking on those). But at the end, I would always suggest to go for what you like and picture yourself doing that for the rest of your life. If you like what you see in that picture than go for it. You have to love your job.

Good Luck!