-: You know, there are different types of lawyers
and depending on what type you want to be,
I think you can sort of prime the pump so to speak
on getting ready to go to law school.
So there are, I'm a transactional attorney,
I think that good skills to have, classes to focus on
as an undergraduate is would be classes where
you're getting familiar with general business lingo.
So being a business major is a nice gateway into
the study of transactional law.
I think no matter what type of lawyer you are,
taking classes that focus on critical thinking.
I was a philosophy undergrad major
and I think that helps a lot in terms of
your ability to problem solve,
your ability to write and argue clearly.
To break down other people's arguments.
And I think having some sort of experience
in the real world is very important.
What I mean by that is it can be an internship,
I would never tell anybody to pump the brakes
on working for free.
I think working for free or course credit
can be just an invaluable experience
because it does a couple things.
It fills out your resume with something
other than just your GPA,
but it gives you a sense of how people communicate
outside the classroom and after four years
of being in college, a lot of us kind of get
programmed to the way of talking in a classroom environment
rather than sort of the day to day lingo
and how people might communicate in an office.