Yes, you can go to law school. Schools like to have diversity and the background that goes with them.
Yes. People with degrees in the sciences have gone to law school. Generally patent attorneys were science majors.
He has a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in law.
She has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in political science and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in law.
You need a bachelor's degree. preferably a bachelor's that prepares you for law school such as a bachelor's in criminal justice, political science, sociology, or English.
Mr. Obama graduated from Columbia in New York in 1983 with a Bachelor's degree (he studied Political Science). He then worked for about five years before returning to school to get a law degree. He graduated from Harvard Law School in Cambridge MA in 1991, with a Doctor of Laws degree (J.D.).
Obama graduated from multiple universities leading up to his time in the White House. He has degrees from Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he obtained his Juris Doctor.
In the United States, you must have a bachelors degree (except for one exception) and then graduate from an American Bar Association approved Law School. Graduation from a Law School will provide you with a Juris Doctor which is a first degree in law: a professional doctorate (not equivalent to a PhD) . You must then pass the State's bar exam in which you expect to practice. To be admitted to law school in the first place, you must past the LSAT, or the Law School Admissions Test.The highest degree in law is the Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.)
First, there is no such thing as an undergraduate law degree. A law degree is a Juris Doctor (J.D.). President Obama received his undergraduate degree in political science from Columbia University in New York. Later, he received his Juris Doctor (J.D.). degree from Harvard Law School, where he graduated with honors.
Barack Obama graduated from Columbia University in New York with a degree in political science, in 1983. In 1991, he received a Doctor of Laws (JD) degree; he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review.
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CAUndergraduate, 1981-1983 Columbia UniversityB.A. Political Science with specialization in international relationsThesis topic: Soviet nuclear disarmament Harvard Law SchoolJ.D. magna cum laude 1988-1991 President, Harvard Law Review
Sheila Jackson Lee received her undergraduate degree in political science from Yale University and her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Bachelor's degree (Political Science, 1983) from Columbia University; JD (Doctor of Laws) Degree from Harvard Law School in 1991.