Author: mrn
Date: 2008-06-05 15:25
You can major in anything and go to medical school, as long as you take organic chemistry and a few other courses....You can major in anything, take anything you want, and go to law school. That's the beauty of it.
I majored in engineering, then went to law school. In some ways, engineering is as far removed from law as possible (no writing, no argumentation or debate, and there's usually only one right answer to every question--in law school, there are no "right" answers...usually). One of my classmates was a musicologist--she made law review.
The thing about the legal profession is that there is not just one set of skills you need or will use to practice law. Everyone comes into law school with different strengths and comes out with different strengths. Trial lawyers are a different breed than tax lawyers, who are a different breed than patent lawyers, etc.
My suggestion is that if you love music, then major in music and then go to law school. If you're really unsure, then double major in something else (like computer science) and/or get teacher certification while you're in college. At least one major-symphony player I'm familiar with worked for a time as a high school band director, and the ranks of dissatisfied lawyers who left law to go into teaching are legion.
The one big exception to all this is if you want to practice patent law--because in that case, you need to major in a natural science (physics is good) or engineering field (or have taken equivalent coursework) to become licensed as a patent attorney or patent agent (which is a separate process from regular attorney licensure).
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