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I want to know if I can go to the law school with a degree in Marriage and Family Studies and what kind of law I can read.

I am currently reading a degree in Marriage and Family studies and thinking of going to the law school. #law

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Ronald’s Answer

While some colleges offer pre-Law programs, they are not necessary to study the Law. It may be better to study a field about which you intend to practice the Law. For example, an undergraduate degree in Engineering may help you understand how to apply concepts of Intellectual Property Law to engineering designs and other works. A degree in Marriage and Family Studies may help you understand how to interpret and apply Domestic and Family Law cases and laws. For Law school, in the first year or so, you will be required to read cases across a broad spectrum of areas, from Criminal Law to Contract Law to Tort Law (Civil liability such as nuisance or product liability). In your later years you can concentrate in the area within which you want to practice. The bottom line is that it is not so important what you study in your undergraduate program, but that you are able to read and understand a large amount of diverse information and opinion, analyze them to distill key points and principles, and apply those principles in a well reasoned, coherent, and cogent argument. Law school involves a lot of reading and persuasive writing, and whether in the end you practice law or pursue another field, the study will certainly enrich you and furnish you with the skills to be successful.

Ronald recommends the following next steps:

Review Law School websites for the types of curriculum that you would be expected to cover
Take a class related to law to see if it interests you
Read a case or two (and follow the referenced cases to read them as well) to understand how the judge interprets and applies the precedent cases to the problem before her or him.
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FAVOUR’s Answer

In order to answer this; the first thing to consider would be which law school precisely are you aiming for; country; continent and requirements... these fundamentally determines the strategy and career path to be taken. Generally, an LLB degree is often required in certain jurisdictions in other to fulfill the requirements for enrollment and admission in a law school; often times a GDL which is a law conversion course for students who wish to pursue a legal career but have a non legal background to attain before being able to go on to the law school itself... this is done in certain jurisdictions as well... Ultimately the jurisdiction you are aiming for ultimately decides the best route. Either going through an accelerated LLB or a GDL or a few month transfer scheme in other to swiftly transfer into a law school will depend on the school and location in question...
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John’s Answer

Great question! In the United States, law school is generally an option for anyone who has completed a 4-year undergraduate degree in ANY discipline. My undergraduate major was political science, but I know lawyers who have engineering degrees or were English majors. So yes, a degree in marriage and family studies will be fine.

That having been said GETTING INTO law school with that degree will depend on many factors such as from where you received your degree, your grades, and of course your score on the LSAT.

John recommends the following next steps:

Figure out which law schools you’d like to apply to and see what their requirements are.
Definitely take a LSAT prep course
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