im 16 and im not sure what i want to do after high school i think i could be a lawyer or paralegal because i am good at arguing and i love to talk. but i don't have very good grades in school i have a 2.8 GPA. I was wondering what skills do you need to be a lawyer or paralegal ? is it better just to strive to be a lawyer or should i settle with being a paralegal or is being a paralegal better ? Also what are some general admittions requirements for law school? in Wisconsin ? and what should i aim to get when i take the ACTs in June so that i can insure i will get in to law school ?? i was thinking about marquette university in milwaukee wisconsin ? please helpp !!! thank you
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With that horrible grammar, and horrible GPA. You won't get into ANY law school or any college.
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There are still states that will permit you to practice law if you simply submit a brief before the bar and if they accept it you will receive a license to set up your very own private practice. Some do not even require graduate school. Not all law schools have tough requirements to attend. I believe Montana is one of the easiest to be accepted, all you need is a High School Diploma. Good luck, I hope you have a thriving practice and do a lot of Pro Bono work.
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Because of your grades, you might have difficulty being accepted outright to a four-year university. The community college --> four-year university for your bachelor's degree route might be the best option. In addition, you'd get quite a cost savings out of choosing community college for your first two years. To get into law school, you need a bachelor's degree in any subject from an accredited institution. You also need an LSAT score. The LSAT (law school admission test) is like the SAT or ACT, except for law school. The LSAT tests logical reasoning, reading comprehension, as well as your ability to solve logic puzzles - all skills considered useful in law school. When you apply to law school, you do not submit your high school transcripts. Take comfort in that - once you go to college, your high school grades won't really matter anymore. Instead you send in your college transcripts. You also submit letters of recommendation (usually two to three) and a personal statement. Law school admissions are mostly based on your undergraduate GPA and your LSAT score, so you want to keep your grades up as high as you can in college and study for the LSAT. Most people who do well on the LSAT dedicate at least three months to preparing by taking lots of practice tests and reading prep books. If you want to practice law in Wisconsin, you should go to the University of Wisconsin Law. It's just the best law school in the state. I *believe* that Wisconsin has a law saying that anyone who graduates law school in Wisconsin automatically passes the bar, whereas in other states, a person needs to take a bar exam to become licensed. There are pros and cons to being a lawyer and a paralegal. Lawyers usually make more. There's also less paperwork/gruntwork and more prestige. On the other hand, paralegals don't have to go deep in debt for law school. They make less, but they don't need to make as much to pay back their student loans. Paralegals get to do some attorney-level work depending on the firm, but it's not going to be as challenging. Maybe that's what you want, though. Fortunately, you have many years to think about exactly what you want to do. Good luck
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