Now, how to select your courses. Law schools are filled with students from every conceivable background. The only good reason for selecting a course is that you like the subject matter, the professor, or you are curious to learn more about it. Second, a good professor can make almost anything seem interesting and stimulating. They have developed other interests along the way.
Many law schools require at least one letter of reference.
In my years of counseling students I have seen students ruined by bad letters and helped enormously by good letters. So, here are some suggestions for how to approach the problem. There are two kinds of letters. The first is an academic reference. The second is a non-academic reference.