What subjects do I need to be good at to become a lawyer??
347086
Logic, semantics, empathy and being able to see cases from entirely different perspectives while maintaining your own view.  Oh and of course History and English are basic requirements.
1140048
If you go into a law career, you're going to have to learn to spell and write clearly.  Well, clearly for a lawyer, anyways.  Full, complete, and correct sentences.\n\nWith a law degree, you can work in a law firm, for the government, for large businesses, or in politics.\n\nHope this helps.
628788
Any course of study will be okay, but an emphasis in logic and writing is best. I am a second year law student who majored in English and History, and by far, being a good writer has helped me thus far. Your ability to reason is something that is essential for law school success, so if you enjoy word games and different logic games, you will "like" reading and analyzing the cases. :o)
452570
you can major in anything at a 4 year undergraduate college, then it takes 3 years of law school to get your JD. After that you need to clerk for at least a year. so youre looking at quite a while before you actually start practicing law.
1126520
English, Mass Communications or Journalism. Try to get a good Liberal Arts degree so you are well rounded.
804151
Law is NOT for you.  It's 4 years of undergrad then law school then the bar exams.  After that, most of the next 5 to 10 years is doing research for your law firm or company.  If you don't have the fire, you will get burned yourself.\n\nI suggest that you take a (gasp) liberal arts track for the first two years and explore what sparks your imagination.
398352
You can study straight law (the LLB) or you can study any other degree but you have to take the GDL conversion course. If you want to be a solicitor you then have to do the LPC (Legal Practice Course) or if you want to be a barrister you have to do the BVC (Bar Vocational Course). \n\nLPC and BVC are post-graduate courses, the most well regarded establishments to do these courses are the College of Law and BPP school of law. \n\nBoth courses are very expensive (LPC is approx £9k)\n\nOf course, if you live in the US then all this information is not applicable to you!\n\nGood luck!
384988
Actually, you don't have to even have a degree to be a lawyer. You just have to pass the bar exam. Good luck doing that without goint to law school. To go to law school, you need a bachelors degree usually. Abraham lincoln was a lawyer, yet he didn't even graduate high school. Of course that was 150+ years ago.
509552
You should get a little life experience in your chosen profession before running off to law school. Too many people become lawyers simply because they have sufficient reasoning ability, but their lack of life experience makes them a disaster for their clients, because they have never faced any real world problems in their own life, so as to bring that experience to bear in solving the problems of others.\n\nYou are undoubtedly intelligent enough to get into law school, and any decent ABA school will be sufficent for you to obtain employment. But, don't do it just because you think medical law is interesting. Do it because you want to help people.\n\nFood for thought for an early Sunday morning. Good luck.
391528
You don't necessarily need to take one of those courses or study incredibly hard. However, taking a practice test or doing practice questions will def help you. The only reason you would study is not to learn material, just to be comfortable in preparation for the tricky questions. (I am an attorney currently)
135337
Law school would be a good start, most of your polititions are lawyers. I would think you should take some courses in public speaking. Then it is just a matter of getting old enough. You might work as a public defender in the mean time so that you can see the injustice in the system. Then when you are old enough run for a lower office. Thats just practice. Work your way up to you are in a positiona to do some good. Good luck to you.
21665
You can "read for the bar".\n\nIf by "becoming a lawyer" you mean, "licensed to practice law in a U.S. State", then you should know that some states (California, maybe CO, VA too) do not require you to attend law school, although they do require you to pass the Bar Exam--the same exam given to students who have graduated law school.\n\nYou can just read up on the law on your own, and when you think you're ready, just take the exam.  If you pass--you can practice law in that state just like anybody who went to law school.\n\nThe buzzword here is "read for the bar" if you want to search for more.
875146
you would have to contact a local university and find out what classes from your previous law degree are still valid here and what others you would have to take.i'm guessing you might have to retake the basic classes such as government,english and history.and then of course take the bar exam to be able to practice law here.best option would be to discuss that with a local college counselor.best of luck to you.
611780
Law School..its take 4 years i'm in classes for it now..Good luck!!
11977
Hold your horses there, Law school is grad school, unless you're in Canada, where you can obtain a Bachelors of law, you need to finish 4 whole years of college doing something ELSE (usually political science, journalism, something related to law, but that is in no way required), before you do another 4 years of law school. Some colleges let you do coursework over the summer for credit, but it usually pays to wait it out and go with the expected flow. Do your best in high school, get into a good college and follow their pre-law or political science program (I'm polisci myself, going to go to law school in 2010) then apply to good law schools, like Harvard or Yale, or if you can't cut that, UCONN law is great.\n\nGood luck.
599830
You will need to be familiar with the laws and with where to do the research on the laws.  You will also need to be familiar with all the court forms and documents you will be required to prepare.  Terminology is good to know too.\n\nYou can learn this as you go, but it would be a good idea to get a grasp of what you will be working with before you dive in.
847582
Sorry, but if your question represents the best English you can muster, you will not make a good lawyer.  Contrary to what several people have said here, it does take smarts to make a good lawyer.  A person of average intelligence will make a poor lawyer and, frankly, will get eaten alive by other, smarter, lawyers.