However, there are few parallels with these more traditional pre-professional types of programs. In this sense alone, law schools differ quite markedly from schools of medicine. As publicly stated by the American Bar Association, law schools demand no specific major, no set curriculum of undergraduate study.
Students enter the study of law from a wide variety of undergraduate fields.
In fact, law schools encourage undergraduates to pursue diverse courses of study in their undergraduate career because the study and practice of law is involved with so many dimensions of society, and the more understanding the undergraduate brings to the study of law, the better. It is always interesting to find how many students who profess an interest in going to law school know very little about law as a profession or law school as an academic experience. Many are attracted by the status of having a law degree, or simply being able to gain admission to law school. Others may think that law is a lucrative profession in which one can seek his own level of ambition. Still others see a law degree as a stepping stone to a tangent career, such as in business or elected political office.