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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, FWIW when I was in law school I thought that econ majors had a much easier time than I did as a history major.... [/quote]

History is probably the best major for law school.  Not sure why you thought econ majors had an easier time.  Econ is a fine major but the history skills are a direct transfer.[/quote]

I was a finance major that took a lot of economics classes and then went to law school. The econ background was actually extremely helpful. There are a fair number of legal theories highly tied to economic theories.

Broadly speaking, I believe that the “how to think like a lawyer” mindset that law school really teaches (much more than the substance of the law) tracks well with “thinking like an economist” in that you need to follow the precedent, information and data before coming to a conclusion (as opposed to having a personal opinion and framing your writing around that opinion, which a lot of humanities majors come in with). Business and technical writing skills are actually closer to what’s required for legal writing skills than the types of writing skills from a history major.[/quote]

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