r/prelaw

Hi all,

I will be graduating from SUNY Buffalo with a degree in business management a year from now. I’ve always had an interest in law and would like to begin researching schools and the LSAT.

What are some good resources to begin my research into the type of school that would be a good fit for me financially, location-wise, etc.

And also what are some good resources to look into to begin LSAT exam prep and things of that nature related to the exam?

Any and all suggestions/advice are much appreciated! Thanks!

Hi everyone!

So I'm about to begin the sophomore year of my undergrad and I'm kind of having a rough start. When I graduated high school I didn't really know what I wanted to do with my life and due to pressure from my parents I did physics for my first year with plans to go into engineering but soon realized that physics was not for me. With my gpa now not being a 4.0.

I know 100% that I want to go to law school and study law. That has always been a constant in my career plan but now I don't know what to major in. Currently I changed my major to psychology but am still pretty unsure whether I should even pursue that because yes it does sound interesting it doesn't seem like my cup of tea either.

I have, however, been interested in pursuing an Economics & International Affairs degree. The global scale has always interested me since I was little so that degree seems very interesting to me, but I've seen a lot of things online that the degree is useless and doesn't apply whatsoever and to stay away. That being said I'm still thinking about it. And if i end up really pursuing it I want to go ahead and start now since the clock is kind of ticking for me with choosing my major. Any help would be appreciated I just want to get to a good law school but also enjoy the next three years of my life.

Does anyone have that degree. For context I don’t have an ounce of urge to become a lawyer. As I already have two bachelors degrees. 1. Computer Science 2. Communications. And a new grad job. But all this year I’ve worked with a lot of lawmakers. Entertainment lawyers. Patent lawyers and politicians. To the point I’ve been interested in getting more knowledge or general understanding of how things are. And come to be. There’s a couple schools that offer the program. Most stating it’s a one year master’s program. FSU, Harvard ,UPenn, UMiami. And luckily my job will cover tuition. So it’s been considerable option….. or get a Master in AI but that’s a whole other story.

How are they doing it?! Genuinely so curious what their schedule would be like, how much they’d study, and what they do to get a #1 class ranking!

I'm about to be a senior in highschool, and I've thought about pursuing law as my career. But here's the thing, I've seen countless ppl tell me "it's not worth the effort", "you really need to be on your A game", "They're overworked and under paid", etc. I've always had a dream of being a lawyer, specifically family law. I really have a passion for trying to make the world a better place and trying to make people's lives easier. I will be honest tho, I'm not a really "consistently studying" kinda person. I do get stuff done by the due date, i do complete things despite procrastinating, but tbh from what I've heard, you need to be very articulate about your words and your actions, and you cannot contradict your own statements. I do hope to learn these in law school, but I'm afraid I won't be as good as i think i am and I'll end up choosing a career I won't be able to pursue further in life. Even tho I've looked into other degrees like English Literature or Psychology, they haven't really called upon me like law has for the past 4 years. I just hope my passion helps me learn consistency, and my consistency helps me when my passion is at it's all time low.

If you have any advice then please lmk, any help is better than none! 🫂

(sorry if this has already been said)

is WE just any work experience or is it legal.

I worked fast-food since 14 and now that I'm 19 is that 5 years of WE or 0 I'm really confused.

thanks!

Hi I am a psychology major I was taking pre-med classes but realized I didn’t enjoy it.However because of this I got a 3.5 gpa in my Sophomore year due to the chem and bio.Please I would like some advice if I get a 4.0 gpa for the rest of my 2 years will I still be a contender for law school. I know they look at gpa a lot.Thank you have a good day

Hi! I’m an incoming sophomore at the University of Arizona on the pre-law track, and I’d love some advice from current law students, attorneys, or anyone familiar with the process.
A little background: ten years ago, I dropped out of high school and got my GED with scores that honestly wouldn’t have gotten me into college at the time. Back then, I was working in the service industry and figured college just wasn’t in the cards for me.
I started at community college last year and completely fell in love with academics. I got involved in Student Government, worked closely with staff and administration, joined Phi Theta Kappa, took honors classes, and currently have a 4.0 GPA.
I originally planned on majoring in political science, but after taking a journalism class, I realized I genuinely loved it, so now I’m majoring in Journalism and minoring in Gender & Women’s Studies.
I’m hoping to spend the next three years building the strongest application possible for a T14 law school, and I’d really appreciate any advice on what I should prioritize during undergrad, internships/extracurriculars that helped, LSAT prep timelines, relationships with professors/networking, or anything you wish you had done differently before applying.
I also have a question specifically for attorneys: did the law school you attended significantly influence where you ended up practicing? I’ve toured a few campuses and absolutely fell in love with some of them, but an advisor told me that “where you go to law school is usually where you end up practicing,” which honestly changed how I’m thinking about applications.
Any advice is appreciated, except “don’t do it.” Thanks :)

I'm at a pretty competitive state school for business, and I'm also pursuing a double degree in economics. The median GPA for this business school is curved to 3.2, I started my business class curriculumn with a 3.79 GPA and thus it has dropped a decent amount. I was thinking of taking some easy classes in order to bring my GPA up by the time I graduate. Maybe an extra quarter or 2 of these easy classes?

Is this an optimal route? I know how important it is to maintain a high GPA to be more competitive. I would love to hear some thoughts.

So I have someone in my office who came back for the summer after finishing their 1L year at the law school I’ll be starting at this fall. I feel like I should have a ton of questions to ask to help prepare myself, but every time I try to think of something, I completely blank. I’m looking for good questions you either wish you had asked before starting law school or would recommend learning more about

I am pre-law with a double major in poli sci and Criminology. I also am in the process of getting my paralegal and legal issues in criminal justice certificates. I would like to work to the ACLU or anything DA (prosecutor/ maybe judicial) related, mainly because I do know how competitive international jobs are if you don't attend a T-14. I have 4.0 and am attending Barrett Honors with ASU as well. Of course every new lawyer wants to change the world, but I believe that I could be one of those few that can accomplish that in my lifetime. Any help in the right direction would be amazing!

Was accepted to both schools. Harvard MBA and NYU Law. Not sure which would be best. I would like your opinion and advice on this. Some background, I am 6 years deep in my work experience. Graduated from a local state school with a degree in business. I work in the mining industry managing foreign sales. I was thinking of getting a MBA to advance my career at my current company or getting a JD to become a environmental lawyer. Employer has stated they will fund which ever option i will go with.

I’m currently a Junior at UNF (Swoop!) and I’m spiraling. I’ve been told that the legal market is "saturated," so I’ve spent every waking second since freshman year building a resume that is basically a structural load-bearing document at this point. I just signed my 17th internship offer letter, but I’m worried that without a 18th, Yale will just throw my application in the trash.
I wanted to list my experience to see if anyone has "pivoted" from a heavy internship load to actually having a soul again.
The "Normal" Years (1–8)
The first two years were standard. I was a "grindset" king. I was commuting from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, living on Celsius and campus Chick-fil-A.

1. State Attorney’s Office (4th Circuit): Standard file-clerk stuff. Learned that "justice" involves a lot of jammed printers.
2. Boutique Personal Injury Firm (Jax Beach): Spent a summer looking at photos of fender benders.
3. Tallahassee Legislative Intern: Spent 40 hours a week getting coffee for people who didn't know my name.
4. In-House Legal at a Logistics Co: Reviewed shipping manifests for 10 weeks. I can now recite the liability limits for lost refrigerated poultry by heart.
5. Public Defender’s Office (Volunteer): Realized the world is sad.
6. Real Estate Title Firm: I learned that "easements" are the leading cause of suburban warfare.
7. Judicial Internship (County Court): I sat behind a judge and tried not to sneeze for three months.
8. Corporate Compliance Intern: I read 1,200 pages of "Terms of Service" and now I’m convinced we all unknowingly sold our kidneys to a software company in 2019.
   The Descent (9–17)
   This is where the burnout hit, the "hellscape" opened up, and the job descriptions started getting... specific.
9. Exotic Animal Estate Planning: I spent a semester drafting "Trusts and Will" documents for a retired circus capuchin monkey. I had to ensure his banana stipend was legally protected from his estranged nephews (also monkeys).
10. Sovereign Citizen Mediation: My job was to sit in a room with a guy who claimed he was a "maritime vessel" and explain why he still had to pay a speeding ticket on JTB.
11. Metaphysical IP Firm: I spent 15 hours a week filing trademarks for "Dream Catchers that actually work." We sued a local psychic for "predictive copyright infringement."
12. Night-Shift Weather Litigator: I worked for a firm that exclusively sues local meteorologists when it rains on outdoor weddings. I had to document "cloud intent."
13. Subterranean Mineral Rights (Hollow Earth Division): I was tasked with researching the property taxes for a group of people who believe they live in a city at the center of the earth. The filing fees were paid in "vibrational crystals."
14. The Raccoon Retainer: My supervisor was a man who lived in a dumpster behind a courthouse. He claimed to be a retired Supreme Court Justice. My "internship" was just me helping him file "Habeas Corpus" petitions for the local feral cat population.
15. Trial by Combat Consultant: I worked for a firm that represents extreme LARP communities. I had to draft a "Death Waiver" for a guy named Sir Galavant who was planning to duel a teenager in a Publix parking lot with a foam mace.
16. Subconscious Document Review: I was part of a "pilot program" where I had to wear a headset while I slept so a law firm could "bill" my dreams as research time. I woke up with a $2,000 invoice for a dream about a giant lizard in a tuxedo.
17. Counsel for the Concept of Entropy: My current gig. I spend 60 hours a week in a windowless room under the UNF library, filing paperwork to ensure that the heat death of the universe follows proper regulatory guidelines. My boss is a flickering fluorescent light that communicates in Morse code.
    The Question
    I haven't seen the sun in three weeks. My skin is the color of a discarded deposition transcript. I can only speak in Italicized Latin Phrases. I tried to go to a bonfire at the Green, but I ended up serving the fire a "Notice of Intent to Extinguish" because it didn't have a permit from the Dean of Students.
    Is this enough for Harvard? Or should I see if there's an internship available for "Interdimensional Tax Law"?
    TL;DR: 17 internships deep. I am currently representing a ghost in a slip-and-fall case against a cemetery. Is my GPA high enough to offset the fact that I no longer have a physical form? Swoop... I think?

hi! i’m currently a cc student (graduating with my associates in one year) with a 4.0 in poli sci. i’m transferring this fall to likely uva (already admitted) or another t25, but my end goal is harvard, yale, or columbia law (would love to aim for one of columbia’s tuition scholarships)

my interest is in IP / media law, just wondering if anyone else has gone to cc and then gotten into a top law school? i plan to major in econ at uva but not sure if i should do something else?

i want to have a gap year between attending or applying to law school for context likely.

any advice on my path and interests would be helpful!

- past ecs: us senate intern, campaign fellow & intern, running my own political media org and building it up currently, other state & national leadership in political orgs

when should i also start LSAT studying? and what GPA would i need at my 4 year of my cc one would be a 4.0?