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I am currently earning a bachelors degree in criminal justice at ITT Tech and would like to know how hard it would be to become a criminal defense attorney with a degree from a school that' mosly technology based


Asked on 1/21/08, 5:54 pm

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Jim Bowman James E. Bowman PLLC

Re: Law Career

Your undergraduate degree major does not really matter if you want to become an attorney. There are two criteria that law schools look at. These are: your Undergrad GPA and your scores on the LSAT (law school admission test) The rough cut off for admission into the lower ranked law schools is around a 2.3 GPA (lower 25% class rank) with a LSAT score in the upper 140's, but to attend one of these schools, you may need to move out of state.

If you seek admission to the upper tier schools nearby (Richmond, Most DC area law schools) you need to be in the top 20% and have a LSAT score in the lower 160's. Hope this helps!

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Answered on 1/21/08, 6:07 pm


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