The skills needed to be a successful attorney suggest a curriculum that results in a broadly educated, mature individual, but there is no required course or major for admission to law school. The choice of a major thus remains a personal decision by each student. All students are encouraged to select a major which they enjoy. It is assumed that most students will earn better grades in a major which they enjoy. Students are also encouraged to select a major in which they will be challenged by their instructors.
Language is the lawyer's working tool.
In seeking to convince, in drafting legal instruments and legislation, and in oral and written arguments, a lawyer must have the capacity to communicate with clarity, precision, and persuasiveness. A program of study which requires one to write is, therefore, essential. Analytical and problem-solving skills . An important part of the lawyers' work is problem-solving. Creative and analytical thinking requires the development of skills in research, use of facts, deductive reasoning, critical analysis, and the systematic formulation of principles and concepts.