I want to have a career in law.?
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In the UK, you can work your way up. You could start out as a clerk or a paralegal, or even as a legal secretary, and study part-time to become a legal executive.  A legal executive carries out much of the same work as a solicitor, and you don't need a degree to qualify for the course. It is even possible to go to university later to do the Legal Practice Course (1 year) and then start a training contract to become  solicitor.
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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.
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If you live in the USA:\n1. Take the LSAT exam;\n\n2. make sure you have atleast a B average GPA;\n\n3. research law schools and apply;\n\n4. graduate law school and hope you are still sane.\n\n5. take and pass the Bar exam, the worst exam on planet earth.\n\nThen you can work on criminal cases once you pass the Bar.\n\nWhat they earn depends on whether you work for a firm, or government. It ranges widely.
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I assume, that you are looking for a job, as an attorney, considering that is the category your question is in..So, here is a good website, that you might look at..It has many opportunities, in your field..Good Luck, finding a job..\nhttp://www.attorneyjobs.com/
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First off go to college and get a degree in something else such as Philosophy, political science, accounting, economincs or history. Take and pass the LSAT apply to law school, go to law school then take and pass the bar exam
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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)
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before you go to Law school, you need to get a bachelors degree at a college.  So get your bachelors degree in something like business or engineering, or even pre-law!!!
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You will either want to become a peace officer or lawyer.\n\nYou could get a paralegal degree. Ask at your school.
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As others have said, I wouldn't recommend doing A Level law, it's not generally thought well of by universities.\n\nYou should probably be taking at least one or two arts and humanities courses - things like English and History are great because they demonstrate that you can evaluate information from a variety of sources and form coherent, concise arguments.\n\nAs for what other subjects you take, it depends if there are any particular fields of law you are interested in - Business Studies or possibly Economics might be useful if you're planning to go into corporate law, perhaps Psychology if you want to go into criminal law, and sciences would be very helpful if you're thinking about patent law.\n\nThere are no real hard and fast requirements for doing law, so overall I would say it's best to take the courses you think you can do well in and that you will like, as long as the bulk of your qualifications have a really strong academic focus (things like Art, Drama, Music etc. might not demonstrate your reasoning and linguistic abilities well enough.) Being well-rounded is probably a positive attribute, but don't take courses just for the sake of appearing well-rounded, take the courses you will really enjoy!\n\nYou should really be aiming for top grades, the very best you can do. B's at least, preferably A's, especially if you want to get into the best law programmes.\n\nOh, and don't worry about the LSAT, it's an American thing. Law is a graduate only subject over there, so you take the LSAT towards the end of your university career or after graduating so you can apply to a graduate Law school.\n\nI believe there was a law aptitude test being developed for British students, but I don't think it will be a mandatory test at every university - ask your career/university advisor for more information or check the websites of universities you're interested in.\n\nGood luck!
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First off, you don't get to do law as an undergrad.  You can do pre-law, but really law schools just want you to have a well rounded general education.  The best thing you can do to get into law school is go to the highest ranked college you can get in to, and then kick asss with your GPA.\n\nSo first get into a top 25 school.  Pick a major that interests you, but has real world application (12 ca textile majors may have loved college but they don't get jobs).\n\nOnly after you've graduated with an excellent GPA should you decide whether to go to Law School, get a Masters/PhD in another field, or work.
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Law schools look for indications that you can do well in law school, and gpa and lsat scores are two major pieces of data that they use to make this judgement. So, your task is to raise both of these if you can. \n\nYour first move is to go to the law advisor at your college. Most have one in either the career center or the advising center, or there is a faculty member who does this job. Go over in some detail your grades and your lsat scores and see if you can figure out what to do.\n\nTwo suggestions for the low gpa: Take a double major, which will delay your graduation but will give you the opportunity to increase your gpa. But, you really have to make the commitment to get all As in your classes from now on or taking all the courses you want will not improve your gpa or your odds of law school.\n\nDid you prepare for the LSAT? Buy several preparation programs on disk and the diagnostic test and look up everything you got wrong, then take another practice test. Look up everything you got wrong. Take another...and another... until you do consistently well on the tests.\n\nFinally, do you know why you have low scores on both of these indicators? Does this mean that you should reconsider law school as a vocational choice? These are questions that you must ask yourself.
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WANT TO BE A SUPER STAR, go defense, that is where the money is.  You want to run for office become a prosecutor. Either way you will learn that wining is the only goal.  Justice seems to fade away in the back ground.  Sorry to give you a cold look at it, but I have had to deal with way to many lawyers. The less heart breaking area is corporate law. Unless you work with a company like Enron.
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you need to have a bachelors...doesn't matter in what.  I found that political science as a major was helpful.  Criminal justice also would be very helpful.  There is no specific program to follow...you can have a bachelors in gym, they don't really care....unless you are applying to a super competitive school like Harvard or something.  Have a good GPA, then apply and get accepted to law school.  Then it will be 2-3 years and you will have a juris doctor. Then you have to pass the bar, and you can practice law.
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you seem to nice to stoop to be a lawyer....
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I am from Perth and the University of Western Australia does a law degree but the entry requirements would be quite high and the cost would be quite expensive.  Check out their website I am sure you will find what you are looking for.  Good luck
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First you want to go to a college for your two year degree in Criminal Justice then onto a University for your 4 year degree in Criminal Justice. Then from there you will want to apply for the FBI school in the East. There is a couple of them. I am currently studying to go into that area of Law. Right now I am going to a college then I will be going into the Navy to take The Judge Advocate General program the Navy Offers. THat is another great place to start if you want to go into Law.. I wish you the best!!
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Most of practicing law is research, and very few lawyers are actually trial lawyers.  If that's what you want to do, it may take some time after you get out of law school to work your way up, gain experience, and get more involved at trials.  The type of person who succeeds in law school is someone who can reason, argue, write well and most of all likes it!!  If it's your passion go for it with all you've got, and you'll succeed.