How can I get started..... Forum

[Tabithaharp]

I've always been highly interested in attending law school and becoming a lawyer, well I'm finally going to try and pursue it. But could anyone help me with the first steps I need to take? Do I have to have certain degrees first? Whats really needed.... Im just out of highschool so I'm totally new to this...

[Nova]

No specific degree is required.

Major in something useful that you enjoy + can get a high GPA in.

Get as close to a 4.0 as possible.

Kill the lsat in 3 years.

[Bronx Bum]

Think long and hard.

[Dr. Dre]

http://www.amazon.com/The-LSAT-Trainer- ... 0989081508

[JuTMSY4]

No specific degree is required.

Major in something useful that you enjoy + can get a high GPA in.

Get as close to a 4.0 as possible.

Kill the lsat in 3 years.

Emphasis on usefulness of your degree - it can be a good fallback or a good area to practice law

[TheJanitor6203]

Echo of everything already stated plus try to do some cool shit like volunteering on a humanitarian trip to some 3rd world country to help save their dwendling hermit crab population. But mostly get a 4.0 GPA or something very close to it and kill the LSAT in a few years.

[t-14orbust]

http://www.amazon.com/The-LSAT-Trainer- ... 0989081508

Reading the reviews for that - especially the one written by a YLS student - makes me want to buy it and retake lol.

[buddyt]

Choose a degree that offers solid job prospects in the (perhaps likely) event that you decide not to become a lawyer: accounting, nursing, computer science, electrical engineering, etc. Then get as close to a 4.0 as possible.