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Originally Posted by Kevin
As for the pre-law thing, I'd personally urge you to find a different major. You might try something like business or a science related field. I'm in law school right now. I really wish I had either more of a science or business background as either would have served me very well in my future law practice. Law school teaches you enough to be a lawyer. I think the pre-law thing is just unnecessary.
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I graduated from law school last spring and I fully agree with Kevin's advice. In fact (as MysticCat pointed out) most law school admissions are actively seeking students from less represented majors (so, not pre-law or political science) so long as you've demonstrated in other interests that law school is something you're serious about. Other majors help bring diversity to classroom discussion.
Pick a major that will give you a different perspective than what you will learn in law school and either have a poli sci minor (take Con Law if offered), join the debate team, or get involved in campus political clubs. After your first semester of law school, you'll be thankful for the different perspective, and by having other things on your application more closely related to the law, you'll demonstrate that law-school is a long-term desire.
Additional bonus: I also think that this strategy is less likely to lead to law school burnout. Seven years of school is a LONG time to study different aspects of the government (which is essentially what you do by doing the poli-sci to law school route).
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