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Law Minor
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:31 am
by ATB150
I know that law schools dislike it when people major in things like "Pre-Law" or "Legal Studies." What about minors though? If I minor in something like "Philosophy, Politics and Law" or "Legal Studies" or "Law and Society" will T14 law schools look down on this?
Thanks!
Re: Law Minor
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:36 am
by Grizz
ATB150 wrote:I know that law schools dislike it when people major in things like "Pre-Law" or "Legal Studies." What about minors though? If I minor in something like "Philosophy, Politics and Law" or "Legal Studies" or "Law and Society" will T14 law schools look down on this?
Thanks!
I don't really think they give a shit, honestly. Just do whatever you want. Don't expect it to help in lol school though.
Re: Law Minor
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:00 pm
by jkay
Law schools don't care at all what you major in. Underwater Basket Disassembly with a 4.0 trumps Business with a 3.0.
The end.
Re: Law Minor
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:17 pm
by LurkerNoMore
Why minor in something you plan on spending 3 years studying at a professional school?
Major/minor in something that will give you other options besides law school. Doing so won't hurt your law school chances (unless you tank your grades) and might give you a good plan b so that you don't become one of the chorus of "but I have no other choice but go into $100,000 more debt even though job prospects aren't that great" folks out there.
Re: Law Minor
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:25 pm
by dr123
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Re: Law Minor
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:00 am
by serdog
rad law wrote:
I don't really think they give a shit, honestly. Just do whatever you want. Don't expect it to help in lol school though.
I think the reason is the coloration to poor LSAT scores from pre-law majors
Re: Law Minor
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:14 am
by retake
rad law wrote:I don't really think they give a shit, honestly. Just do whatever you want. Don't expect it to help in lol school though.
Legend.
Re: Law Minor
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:17 am
by Cupidity
Pre-Law SERIOUSLY HELPS in law school. Of course this isn't true of all programs, but my pre-law minor was very useful and practical. I read about 2/3's of all my con-law and crim-law cases before I got here, I also understood bluebooking which is priceless.
Re: Law Minor
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:23 pm
by megaTTTron
jkay wrote:Law schools don't care at all what you major in. Underwater Basket Disassembly with a 4.0 trumps Business with a 3.0.
The end.