Political science, the top undergraduate major of law school applicants, is the study of politics and law. Specifically, as a political science major, you'll study how laws are made, the individuals who make them at the local, state, and national levels and how laws are interpreted and implemented. In the process, you'll learn analytic, research, and writing skills as well as a broad understanding of human behavior and social interaction - - all of which are useful to law students.
The study of economics involves deciding how individuals, businesses, and societies allocate their resources, including their time and money. Specifically, economists carefully analyze the relationship among production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The problem-solving and research skills involved in such activities are similar to those used as a law student. Management and organization skills are also part of an economics major, both of which are useful in organizing and managing the vast the vast amounts of research and information compiled in law school.
As an English major, you will focus on reading literature, studying language, and writing. Analyzing literature and language can help to develop your problem-solving skills, improve your writing, and sharpen your reading abilities, all of which are useful in law school. A degree in English can also sharpen your oral communication and listening abilities as well as give a broad understanding of key topics in literature, including law, politics, history, and social interactions.
Philosophy is the study of fundamental and general problems, especially those related to our existence, knowledge, and values. Many of the strengths demanded in law school, including the ability to read challenging and persuasively argued written material quickly and to deduce the main idea of an argument, as well as to analyze and give arguments, are skills which come with the study of philosophy.