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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get the highest undergraduate GPA possible. Major is totally irrelevant. In fact, a Theatre major would stand out in a sea of polisci majors applying to law school 
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Major is irrelevant to law school admissions, but it can help with recruitment.  I graduated law school during the 2008 recession and those with a compelling story were more likely to get offers than those with an indecisive resume.  You still needed a good law school GPA, but there were too many of those for everyone to get a job.  It was a huge leg up to have a finance degree and to be going into securities law, a hard science or engineering degree to go into IP litigation, or an MPH to work in health law.  Even the theater majors billed themselves as trial specialists.  A generic English or Poly Sci degree was of absolutely no help.

If my kid wanted a law degree I'd encourage them to study and undergrad major that intersects with a legal area.  There are lots of options.[/quote]

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