Hastings and Hastings Offers Advice for Aspiring Law Students

    PHOENIX, AZ, August 20, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- No doubt many students want a shot to litigate. Undergraduates, however, may be confused about the path ahead, and many of the same questions are likely to occur: what should I major in? How do I get into law school? And where should I go?

"The best advice for aspiring attorneys is to enjoy their undergraduate experience. The second best advice is to find a subject they are passionate about, master it, and keep your grades up," said David Hastings, founding partner of Hastings and Hastings.

Indeed, David Hastings' advice is simple and wise. Students should enjoy their undergraduate experience and study something that strikes their interest. Another recommendation is this: don't major in pre-law. Not only will you be unattractive to potential employers, but you will not be prepared for law school which is presumably the appeal of the pre-law major. What's more, pre-law majors actually score lower on the LSAT than almost every field of study other than counseling and human services. The majors that statistically score the highest are as follows: Classics (Latin and Greek), Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy, English, Political Science, and Engineering. Now, whether or not these students score higher because of their major or major in these subjects because they are smarter and thus tend to score higher is an inherent flaw in causal reasoning. Long story short, major in whatever you want.

For practicality's sake, one should start preparing for the Law School Admission Test as soon as possible. This test is essentially the SAT on steroids. It measures your aptitude for logical reasoning, reading comprehension, and analytical reasoning relative to the rest of your peers. The test is set up on a bell curve so a vast majority of test takers will score a lukewarm 150, the sharper candidates will break 160, and the best and brightest will score in the 170s and attend Harvard, Stanford, and Yale. GPA can earn you scholarship money, mitigate a bad LSAT score, or serve as a tie breaker, but generally speaking, the LSAT is the single most important factor for Law School admission.

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