Students from all academic disciplines are admitted into law schools, the American Bar Association says. Because of this, it does not recommend any specific major.
The bar association says students can have majors ranging from history to business and art to mathematics.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook, published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, says a variety of classes, including English, foreign languages, public speaking, government, math and computer science are useful to prospective lawyers.
A student who knows what area of law he wants to specialize in can benefit from taking courses related to that discipline, the BLS handbook says. For example, a future patent lawyer might major in math or engineering, and a future tax lawyer in accounting.
The website BecomeALawyer says good grades are important to getting into law school as law schools pay more attention to grades than subjects.