Question by Heatherr.: How long does it take to become a Criminal Lawyer?
I want to be one, but I want to be a marine too. So I would have to earn a bachelor’s in Criminal Justice online, then enroll in law school, and about how long will that takee?
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Answer by lawschool_1
7 years: 4 years of undergraduate study followed by 3 years of law school
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Actually you don’t have to get a degree in criminal justice. From what I’ve heard, most law schools even prefer students that were sociology or anthropology majors. Lawyers study the law in law school but it is a career that has a lot to do with society and you need to understand the functionality of a society and why people do what they do.
It takes about 4 years to get a bachelor’s, depending on how long you take to finish your degree plan. For some students it takes 3 and for others maybe even 7 years but that’s dependent on you. Law school is 3 years. So you’re looking at an average total of 7 years.
Nope. You can have any major that you want in order to go to law school. From drama to engineering. it takes 3 years to become a lawyer.
If you were the dean of admissions at a law school and had to select between two applicants with identical records, except that one had an online bachelors degree and the other had a bachelors degree from a classroom college, which would you choose? There are enough applicants with classroom degrees that you will be at a tremendous disadvantage with an online degree.
If you are admitted, you will be a great disadvantage in comparison to your classmates who have just spent four years in college classrooms and have had firsthand experience with classroom instruction and the Socratic method of teaching which is used in most law schools.
If you must study online, make sure that all your credits are transferable to an accredited classroom program and just do your first two years online and then after you leave the service, do your last two undergraduate years in a classroom and earn a classroom diploma. Check out the online program of the University of Maryland.
Do not under any circumstances study online (or on campus) at a proprietary (for profit) university. Choose a non-profit public or private university, college, or community college.
Degrees from a proprietary college or university will usually be worthless for admission to most law schools.
If you cannot find out online, call the college and ask them if they are for-profit or non-profit. If they hesitate to give an answer, have nothing to do with them.
It will take you three years as a full time student in law school. Then you have to pass the bar exam. Then you have to get a job in the criminal law field. While you are earning your bachelor degree decide whether you would like to do defense or prosecution. You can always volunteer in any public defenders office or prisoners legal aid office. If you are still in the USMC when you get your bachelors check out whether you would be eligible to become an officer, and if so whether you would be eligible for the reserves. You can be in the reserves and go to law school. This may be your ticket to JAG in which case you could end up in either defense or prosecution. Also get to know your congressperson, whoever it may be, and become a campaign volunteer. This may help you get a job in either the private or public sector when the time comes.
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