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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From Harvard Law's Website:

"Harvard Law School considers applications from all undergraduate majors. There are no fixed requirements with respect to the content of pre-legal education. The nature of a candidate’s college work, as well as the quality of academic performance, are reviewed in the selection process. However, in preparing for law school, a broad college education is usually preferable to one that is narrowly specialized. The Admissions Committee looks for a showing of thorough learning in a field of your choice, such as history, economics, government, philosophy, mathematics, science, literature or the classics (and many others), rather than a concentration in courses given primarily as vocational training."[/quote]

Their site used to say that outright say that they prefer curricula that deals with subjects on a theoretical level, but I don't know if they would still phrase it that way.  But their mission is not really to produce lawyers but leaders: judges, legislators, presidents of countries, business leaders (i.e., CEO), public organization presidents, intellectual thought leaders (including via film, writing, etc.)  This is why their law school curriculum is so heavily focused on policy and theory.  It isn't really surprising that they would look down on majors like criminal justice.

I would assume other top law schools would have the same hang-up.  [/quote]

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