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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a law professor and have been for a long time. My best students over the years have come from very different backgrounds. Some went to highly ranked undergrads, others went to schools that I literally had never heard of. Majors also vary...some of my best students have been history, engineering, political science/government, and English majors. [b]The best students don't get lost in the weeds, have the ability to think logically/rationally, have some intuition about human behavior/motivation, have the ability to draw inferences, and can see both sides of arguments[/b]. So whatever major teaches/hones those skills are the best ones.[/quote]

This is so well-said!

I had law school friends who floundered all the way through because they were lacking in multiple areas listed above.

One way to learn how to avoid getting “lost in the weeds” is to take undergrad classes that require you to read, analyze, and synthesize A LOT of material between classes. Heavy, heavy workload where you learn to sort and prioritize content and ideas out of necessity. History and English can be really good for this.

Public Policy can be good for this, too - maybe less volume of material compared to history, but there’s a rigorous focus on goal clarification, prioritization, and efficient analysis. It’s great training for law school, even if your goal is not to go into policy.

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