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[quote=Anonymous][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.

[b]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.[/b][/quote]

+100. The people I know who had an easiest time finding jobs in firms and practice groups they wanted already knew where they slotted in when they were hired for 2L summer. Especially if your kid doesn't end up going to a top law school, already having experience or at least a degree that intersects with a practice group is very valuable. Of the friends from school I knew with the easiest paths out of school, one already was named on a patent and had a PhD and one had been an accountant at a big 4. [/quote]

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