(November 10, 2012 at 3:59 am)Justtristo Wrote: Also in America if you want to become a lawyer you have study a "Pre-Law" four year undergraduate degree and then do a Law Masters degree on top of that. In Britain and Australia you normally just do a Law Undergraduate Degree. The same goes if you want to study medicine and become a doctor there, study a per-med undergraduate degree and then do a post-graduate medical degree.
Not true. Many universities and colleges do have pre-law programs, however, it is not a prerequisite for going to law school. It's all about taking the LSTATs, an SAT type test that demonstrates one's supposed ability to perform well in law school. I've kicked around the idea of going to law school with my history degree, and I know several people who have attended law school without majoring in pre-law in undergrad, namely international affairs, history, and even one who has a BS (though I forget the field) who went on to law school.
