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10/17/2005 7:07:09 PM EDT
...should I be looking at if I want to be a lawyer?
10/17/2005 7:08:01 PM EDT
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...should I be looking at if I want to be a lawyer?



How to be a money grubbing thief and fuck up American Society?

Oh.... wait....

Does your college have a Pre-Law program?
10/17/2005 7:09:13 PM EDT
[#2]
Poli Sci, pre-law concentration.*

*Note:  If you are a whiny Business Administration major, disregard.
10/17/2005 7:09:18 PM EDT
[#3]
what kind of law do you want to do?
10/17/2005 7:09:54 PM EDT
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Quoted:
Poli Sci, pre-law concentration.*

*Note:  If you are a whiny Business Administration major, disregard.



10/17/2005 7:11:04 PM EDT
[#5]
Philosophy is a good choice (no, really it is!!!)

If you want to do patent law, then you really need an engineering degree or at least a science major.
10/17/2005 7:12:35 PM EDT
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If you want to do patent law, then you really need an engineering degree or at least a science major.



Yes, absolutely. In fact, many of the engineering professors got into patent law due to their engineering industry experiece.

Also, I know a lot of people do History too. I have a feeling concentrating in American History would benefit you more than studying the French Empire of 1700s.
10/17/2005 7:12:46 PM EDT
[#7]
Most likely not a tax lawer, I'm leaning towards a criminal lawyer.

Oh, and I'll make the cheesy  joke now to save everyone else the trouble,

"Aren't all lawyers criminals?"
10/17/2005 7:28:12 PM EDT
[#8]
I'll pay attention to this thread as well, as my preferred future occupation would be an attorney.  However, I will choose to be one of the types that we all like, a lawyer that concentrates on Constitutional law(as opposed to ambulance chasing).  I don't think that I could adequately represent a client of a crime that I knew/strongly suspected to be guilty as sin, I'd rather see him fry.  Crimminal law is out for me it seems...
10/17/2005 8:07:20 PM EDT
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...should I be looking at if I want to be a lawyer?



Double major in economics and government (aka poli sci at some schools) without a doubt.  But only do this is you are going to a real school.  An economic degree from shit hole state university is worthless.  Real calculus based economics and good economic theory is not at all easy - and there is a fair amount of interdisciplinary skills you pick up.  I know at my university econ majors have to take an entire game theory course.
10/17/2005 8:15:49 PM EDT
[#10]
Poli Sci, Philosophy, Econ, just to name a few
10/17/2005 8:17:45 PM EDT
[#11]

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Poli Sci, pre-law concentration.*

*Note:  If you are a whiny Business Administration major, disregard.



LOL

Best program i ever experienced was St. John's College and its emphasis on the Socratic Method in class and reading really abstruse books. Perfect for law school, I have no idea what else it's good for.