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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think undergraduate major matters at all.  I majored in sociology.  I did well in law school and joined a top tier biglaw firm, where I spent more than a decade before moving to a boutique.

My advice would be to major in whatever you enjoy and will be invested in.  That will lead to better grades, which leads to admission to a better law school.[/quote]

This is correct.  I was History major.  Great to learn research, reading, writing, critical thinking.  Big law partner.  Take what you like if you know you want law school.  [/quote]

+1. Big Law partner as well.  My undergraduate classmates who were philosophy majors and wound up in law school became Supreme Court clerks.  They were able to process and articulate concepts quite well. There are no wrong answers in philosophy, just badly explained answers.

I was a poli sci major but focused more on the nuts and bolts stuff of US and international politics. I struggled with conceptual issues in law school (bad grades in constitutional law and contracts) but did well in other courses that didn't focus as much on these issues.  I think this was because I didn't take too many ideology courses or philosophy-adjacent type courses.

I think working between college and law school would have helped me much more than majoring in economics.   That's what I advised my DC who wants to be a lawyer.  DC is majoring in philosophy, too.

The real question is not whether your DC would get into a good law school or be happy here. The real question is whether your DC would be happy being a lawyer at all. Lawyers are paid to solve problems for other people. If you don't like this, don't become a lawyer.  I like it and I am still practicing, but my wife didn't and she is a retired lawyer.[/quote]

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