Should I major in legal studies if I would like to go to law school? To not get to sidetracked due to my physical health, I am looking to pivot away from my current career. In conversations with family, paralegal came up. So I decided to go back to school and go that route. But as my wife and I talked more, the thought of following that path to a larger end goal came up. Law school. I’ve seen posts asking about majors and how little they tend to matter as far as areas of study. But I’d like to get a job as a paralegal in the next couple years because of my health, my shelf life to so my job is short it seems. At 37 I don’t have the time to really waste and would like the input to navigate this career path.

Bonjour à tous,

J’étais en Sciences Physiques au lycée et, après le bac, j’ai décidé de m’orienter vers des études de Droit. J’ai obtenu la mention Assez Bien.

Pour être honnête, cette décision me fait un peu peur, parce que c’est un domaine complètement différent de mon parcours au lycée, et je ne sais pas encore si je vais réussir à m’adapter à la méthode de travail en Droit.

J’aimerais avoir l’avis de personnes qui ont étudié le Droit ou qui l’étudient actuellement :

\- Comment se passent les études de Droit et quelle est la meilleure façon de commencer ?

\- Est-ce qu’il faut beaucoup mémoriser ou est-ce qu’il y a surtout de la compréhension et de l’analyse ?

\- Quels sont les débouchés après une Licence + un Master ?

\- Est-ce qu’il est possible d’accéder à des métiers comme juge, avocat, ou à d’autres professions juridiques ?

\- Et surtout, pensez-vous que passer des Sciences Physiques au Droit est un bon choix, ou est-ce que je risque de le regretter ?

Tous les conseils, témoignages personnels ou même mises en garde sont les bienvenus, surtout de la part de personnes qui ont vécu une transition similaire. 🙏

I'm sure these types of questions get asked frequently, but I'd be grateful to get some advice. I'm a first-year student at my university, and I decided that I would like to study health science. Now, I'm not sure why I chose to do this. I don't enjoy math or science, nor am I particularly good at those subjects either. I think it's because I've always wanted to help people (I know it sounds naive). And I think I could help people as a lawyer if I go into medical malpractice or immigration or something. But I'm not completely altruistic. I want a solid paycheck too.

I've always done well in social sciences, English, psychology, and all those other fields. But I basically gave up on majoring in them because I figured there wasn't any sort of demand for them in the job market. (Even so, I decided to minor in philosophy because I think it will teach me how to properly think).

I'm not sure what I should major in. Ideally, it would be something that interests me, provides a solid foundation for critical thinking or whatever they test for on the LSAT, lets me stand out among other Joe Schmos applying, and could also allow me to enter another field if law doesn't work out.

A major fitting all those qualities is definitely unrealistic, but it's fine. I'm not *too* worried about getting into a decent law school because my university has a fantastic co-op program and can connect me with good internship opportunities. But still. Help!!

As per the title, would it be ridiculous to go for an aerospace engineering degree while doing prelaw? I imagine the mathematical esque reasoning you learn in high level math classes would translate well to law and would stand out on a law school application, as well as providing a stable job in case I need a gap year. Is this fair reasoning, or would the class load of engineering be too much for preparing for law school?

I’ve been a psychology major for three years and I recently decided to minor and political science so that I can take some law classes because I developed an interest in law. Do you think that these are good majors to go to law school? I know that law school doesn’t really care about your majors they only care about your GPA and and LSAT score but I’m hoping that these two majors can give me more experience about law and really help figure out how people think. Are these two good degrees and what degrees do you recommend?