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Nope. Any degree will do just get good grades
Thank you!
Also pick an easier major/area that will allow you to get a high GPA. That will open way more doors when you are applying to law schools. Wont care what the degree is, but they will care about your GPA.
This. OP, the only practice in which you need a specific degree would be if you wanted to do IP lit, having a technical degree would greatly increase your marketability. Any other area of practice does not care what your degree is.
No.
What I will say is this—in commercial litigation, or any kind business litigation—you’ll need to deal with concepts that other majors won’t educate you in. Case in point—when I was a senior associate a junior associate came into my office beside herself asking how she could figure out damages for prepayment on a mortgage outside the contract. I said figure out the present value of the payments versus the prepayment. She looked at me as if I were speaking Greek. I gave her a mini course in Econ 101 (Econ was my major, but I also have an MBA). Point: while it won’t really matter, if you excel in something with numbers, it will serve you well later on. Now, if you don’t, just get the best grades you can in the major you like.
It is not necessary, but will benefit you if you have it because you be more likely to be hired for a job and you will have a foundational knowledge of business basics. That being said, I always advise college students to balance a major that will benefit their practice with a major that they can get good grades in.
Aside from IP, law schools and law firms do not care at all what your undergrad degree is in.
Agree with A1: if you’re dead set on law school, pick an easy major. You’ll be better off with a 4.0 in marketing than a 3.0 in astrophysics.
Thats what I was getting at with the caveat “aside from IP”. Technically, your response is more accurate. Copyrights/trademark doesn’t require a STEM degree. In the interest of brevity, I skipped a few details bc he’s not trying to be a patent lawyer.
If you can, go to a 4 year college with a Paralegal BA for your undergrad. That way you can have some legal knowledge and it CAN be a back up plan if something goes awry as far as finishing law school
I make as much as some of our lawyers in a big public corp