Google Day #2

3 Goals for the Day:

1. Research some colleges that have a reputation for graduating successful lawyers.
2. Find out what AP courses are required to have a chance at becoming a lawyer.
3. Go in-depth on what a Juris Doctorate Degree is.

Useful Links:

• Top Law Schools: This website shows the best law schools within the U.S.A which can give me a brief idea on what kind of colleges with certain reputations will graduate successful lawyers. It even gives all the details of a certain university when you click on the name of the university.
• How to become a lawyer: This website contains the basics of what kind of courses will help one's chance of becoming a well-known lawyer. It even provides "steps" that can provide some information and advice of "becoming" a good lawyer.
• How to get a JD Degree: This website goes in-depth on what  Juris Doctorate really is, and gives you some instructions on how you can get one.

What I learnt:

Today I figured out that the college that my brother attends , University of Washington is 28th in the full time best law school rankings. Yet the best colleges that are existing today are Yale University, Harvard University, and Stanford University in the top 3 colleges with the best law schools. All of these colleges are quite over-rated, yet it does give a good advantage compared to other graduates from colleges that don't have a good reputation for graduating well-known lawyers. The colleges overall are exactly what I guessed, because of how they are all very famous colleges with many "successful" people graduating from these colleges.

Lawyers need to think critically, logically, and analytically. During high school, taking courses such as history, English, economics, communication, political science, and psychology can help one throughout their future in life. AP classes can also help because it will show a person what a college class is like, and count toward college credit to help one get a degree way faster. College classes overall are very rough and hard, and AP classes are basically set up to educate students on how hard college can be. Lawyers have to deal with a lot of critical and analytic thinking, so any classes that can help out with his in high school can be a very big benefit for the students that want to become lawyers. It will also give one a chance to see if they would like this type of work, and if in fact becoming a lawyer is a career that one would like to pursue and achieve in the future.

A JD degree is a Juris Doctorate Degree. Juris Doctorate degrees are first level, or basic, law degrees that law students receive after successfully completing the required course work. A JD program could be a full-time program, or a part-time program. Full-time programs are usually day division programs that last three years. In order to get  Juris Doctorate degree, one first needs to obtain a bachelor's degree. All law schools require that applicants first obtain a bachelor's degree. Next, one needs to create a profile with the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). The LSAC provides services to students that help streamline the process of applying to law school. Next, one needs to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), and one can register for it through the LSAC website. This test should be taken in the beginning of one's senior year of college so that one has the time to complete his/her law school applications by their respective deadlines. Finally, one needs to complete the law school curriculum, and it takes usually between 84 and 88 credit hours depending on the law school that one attends. 

To summarize everything, becoming a lawyer and the goal of trying to become one shouldn't start after one graduates high school, but it should start once they go into their senior year. Becoming a lawyer isn't easy such as working at a McDonald's in Harlem, but it takes a lot of time and effort throughout the years that one has time to spend into their goal. 

Next Google Day?:

Next Google day, I want to learn  the specifics of what the University of Washington has to be offer in their law program, and also for Yale, Harvard, and Stanford. To go in-depth on the SAT grades, and GPA, etc.