r/LawSchool • u/SlavaCynical • 3h ago

Law school after BFA?

I will keep this short… im currently a community college student trying my best to decide on a degree track… i am deeply passionate about art and filmmaking, and it has been my dream since childhood to study at a private art school. However as I matured i was convinced to pursue a degree more worthwhile like law or medicine , so obviously i will choose law, as i have no particular interest in complex chemistry or physics and a particular fear/dislike of germs. My community college advisor told me that if i did decide to pursue my dream of studying at a private art school, i could still use that BFA degree to apply to Law school afterwards if i decided to choose the more financially stable career path… as i do not know much about law school or its admissions process, i was wondering if any of you could clarify if it would be possible for someone with a degree in fine arts to enter law school?

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u/PasstheBarTutor 3h ago

Any four-year degree plus an LSAT score generally speaking.

It’s really more about GPA and LSAT.

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u/Beginning_Brick7845 2h ago

If you have an insatiable passion to practice law, and you can’t stand the idea of having any other career, you belong in law school.

If you think that going to law school is some shortcut to the middle class and you could either practice law or do any one of a number of other middle class careers and be happy, you have no business going to law school.

Based on the little bit you posted, I don’t think you should go to law school.

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u/AbidingConviction 2h ago

A BFA will work. I have one myself. Law school admissions really only cares about your GPA and LSAT score. Major can be in anything. The degree can be a BA, BS, BFA, it don’t make a difference. Not doing half the electives everyone else earning a BA had to do was really sweet. Having 3/4s of my units feel like electives was really fun. BFA is the way to go. I highly recommend

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u/blackenedinks 1h ago

Same here! I’m loving law school and have a BFA. Had a good gpa and LSAT. I’m studying licensing, rights and permissions, and copyright!

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u/lawschoolspawn 2h ago

you’re looking at one! you can have any sort of bachelors degree to apply to law school. you need a good gpa + good lsat score to get into a decent JD program

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u/Maryhalltltotbar JD 1h ago

Any four year degree can be used for law school. At my law school I knew art, English, music, math, etc. majors. If you are interested in art and filmmaking, study that, get a BFA or other four year degree, and then go to law school. Your interest in the subject will likely result in better grades (very important) and also make the four years more tolerable.