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Is Mathematics necessary in studying law?

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Gregg’s Answer

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Math is not a prerequisite of studying the law. However, to be a successful lawyer, you likely will need to need to understand certain aspects of math to best support your clients. Having a basic understanding of how math is used in finance and basic statistics is probably enough in most cases though depending on the type of law you practice, it could be much more extensive.

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Edward’s Answer

Not essential, but very helpful, because math and law are both communication by symbolic logic.

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Sunny Seon’s Answer

An understanding of mathematics is helpful for certain areas of legal practice (tax, IP, securities) but not necessary for the general practice of law! For example, understanding basic accounting principles for certain corporate functions (finance, investment banking, understanding securities) may be helpful but is not expected for new lawyers. For newly qualified lawyers especially, there are always resources, supervision, and training for specialized areas of law and you would definitely not be expected to come in with expert knowledge (of math or otherwise). Math may also be helpful in certain areas of hard IP (intellectual property law) such as patents that may have a math component to understand.

If you're not interested in going into the above fields that have a more STEM focus, then math usually does not factor into a lawyer's day-to-day. Law school usually involves honing reading, writing, and analytical abilities. If that sounds appealing, maybe law school is for you! There are many different fields you can practice as a lawyer -- math or no math.
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Edmund Larry’s Answer

You don’t need a degree in math but it is highly advisable to include mathematics in your pre-law studies.

A lawyer with a thorough grounding in science, mathematics and business will be better equipped to serve clients.
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Waleed’s Answer

Not at all. In fact, my first day of law school they told us “We know why you are here. You are afraid of blood and you can’t do math.”

You most of all need to be a good writer to be a good law student. For me, I throw whatever I’m thinking on paper and then edit, edit, edit when writing papers. But you’ll also have to be able to organize your thoughts quickly to write exam essays. If you can do that, you’ll be fine.
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Michael’s Answer

Yes. Basic mathematics are necessary for all jobs, and for managing your personal affairs.

Math skills are necessary to plan your business operations, to decide how much to pay your staff, how much to charge clients in order to pay your bills, taxes, rent, utilities, and other business expenses. You’ll need good math skills to analyze evidence, to negotiate business deals, to write meaningful contracts, and to interpret law.

Either that, or plan on paying half of your salary to accounting firms to do all the math for you- and accountants are expensive.
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