What are the best undergraduate schools to go to if i want to go to law school?

[sheridan93]

I want to go to undergraduate school, and then eventually to law school. I want to become a corporate lawyer dealing with taxes and contracts.

I would like to know from different people what the best thing to study in undergraduate school would be, and the top schools to go to for it.

[adare]

I want to go to undergraduate school, and then eventually to law school. I want to become a corporate lawyer dealing with taxes and contracts.

I would like to know from different people what the best thing to study in undergraduate school would be, and the top schools to go to for it.

The good thing about aspiring to become a lawyer is that you don't have to have a particular major during your undergraduate career.

1. Identify whether you want to go to a small, medium, or large school.
2. Decide if you want to go to school in a rural area, suburbs, or the city
3. decide if you would like to study at a public or a private school (privates tend to be much more expensive).

When you decide those things, then start to narrow down based on your academic needs. There are not many schools who have a true law program for an undergraduate degree. Most schools have what's called pre-professional tracks. This means that you would declare a major (of your choice) and then add "pre-(concentration like med, vet, law,etc)" to it. In your case that would be pre-law. When schools have pre-professional tracks, it means that students who declare this way will be matched up with an adviser who will help you choose classes to fulfill degree requirements and help prepare you for law school if that is where you would like to go.

I would strongly recommend looking at colleges that actually have a Law school as part of their graduate programs. This will allow for you to be advised possibly by someone who may work within the law school as an undergraduate liaison. You may also have a better opportunity for internships and active student organizations based on law.

As I said earlier, you don't have to be a particular major in order to go to law school. In fact, majoring in a liberal arts area may be better since it will force you to be very well rounded in academics. As a lawyer, you need to be able to communicate very well, and for that reason a lot of students choose to major in political science and or English. Those two disciplines force you to develop public speaking and written communication skills. Other students have majored in Business (which may be a good option for you since you want to do corporate law). More specifically if you want to work with taxes, you may consider majoring in Tax Accounting or Finance.

Lastly, all things considered, you should find a school that feels like home away from home. You are going to be spending a lot of time there so academics alone will not sustain a happy experience. Make sure the student life components are what you are looking for as well as level of student population diversity. Make sure that there are opportunities to help you prepare for the LSAT,which is the entrance exam you need for law school. Also If you have a particular law school that you are interested in already, you can look to see where their students have come from if they didn't already go to the undergraduate college of university.

Good luck!