Probably. But you should strongly consider why exactly you want to be a lawyer. If its just to make money, get a prestigious job, or become a professor, then you're going to have a really hard time doing any of that with a degree from KU. The attorney market is heavily saturated, and taking on such a large amount of debt from a school that's not in the top tier will likely prove to be a poor financial decision.
I think you will be just fine.
No, a 4.0 GPA is not required to attend law school. They will also consider your topic of study, your age, your LSAT scores and your application.
The two biggest factors are GPA and LSAT scores. If you are not up to a schools standards they will use other factors but 95% of the decision is all LSAT and GPA.
Probably not. Your GPA had better be pretty spectacular. The average GPA/LSAT combo is 3.4/155. A 143 is substanitally lower than the average of 155.
LSAT and GPA.
Be a minority, they are exetremely biased against whites, with a 4.0 GPA. High LSAT Score.
To get into Havard law you need a minimum GPA of 3.80 and an LSAT of 170.
To get into Havard law you need a minimum GPA of 3.80 and an LSAT of 170.
The two primary variables used by law schools in evaluating candidates are the student's LSAT score and undergraduate GPA. The size of the school is irrelevant, except to the extent that the law school's admissions committee considers the difficulty of that school's academic curriculum, relative to other schools. Further, the candidate's LSAT score is arguably the "great equalizer", in terms of school variability among all candidates. A student from an average undergraduate school, with a high LSAT score, at least in theory, should have an equal chance of acceptance as a candidate from a top undergraduate institution with a lower LSAT score. Exactly how the LSAT/undergraduate GPA calculus works relative to any given law school is somewhat of a mystery, however most law schools do publish median LSAT/GPA acceptance grids. As a result, most students should have a pretty good idea of their probability of acceptance at a law school, based upon their own LSAT and GPA. Regardless, a student from a small college, with decent grades and a good LSAT score should have ample choices, in terms of law schools. And given that most student's GPAs are largely established by the time they begin to think about law school, the best advice for any prelaw is to focus as much time and energy as possible on the LSAT, in order to improve their overall chance of acceptance at their "dream" law school.
For Harvard: your UGPA is great and your LSAT might get you in. The needed GPA is at least 3.74 and the needed LSAT was 170. For Stanford: your UGPA is great and your LSAT is good enough. The needed GPA was at least 3.87 and the needed LSAT was 170 For Yale: your UGPA is great but your LSAT wasn't good enough. The needed GPA was 3.5 and the needed LSAT was at least 171. There might be a chance.
To get into Havard law you need a minimum GPA of 3.80 and an LSAT of 170.
To get into Havard law you need a minimum GPA of 3.80 and an LSAT of 170.
Search online for law school rankings. Find the listing for the school that you want to attend and look at the LSAT range, which will be the range from the 25th to 75th percentile of the school's last entering class. You will probably need to score in or above this range in order to be accepted.