LAW SCHOOL CAN BITE ME.

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

First, I would avoid majoring in pre-law or the like. Majoring in pre-law does nothing but prepare you for law school, and in my experience and from my conversations with law school administrators, law schools consider pre-law majors a dime a dozen. Besides, law schools want to be the ones to teach you about the law. Major in something you really enjoy (which will likely yield better grades with less stress) and that will give you something to fall back on if law school doesn't pan out or if you decide against it. It may also provide some student body diversity that law school admissions people are looking for. (I had quite a few tell me that my major in music was considered a big plus for me.)

Good advice and this also depends on what your college/university considers "pre-law." Some pre-law programs are by name only and are really just a mixture of courses from different departments that seem "lawish." They really don't prepare for law school.

I found that a lot of students are able to enjoy the "lawish" types of programs because they end up settling into a department that they love. Then this prepares many of them for graduate school, if they don't want to go to law school.