Becoming an Attorney Matt Gallegos. School A Pre-Law undergraduate degree Pass the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Graduate Law School Pass the Bar Exam.

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Becoming an Attorney Matt Gallegos

School A Pre-Law undergraduate degree Pass the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Graduate Law School Pass the Bar Exam

Law Schools In State: The University of Texas at Austin School of Law $30,243 tuition Median LSAT score of 167 out of % Acceptance Rate

Law Schools Out of State: Yale University School of Law $53,600 tuition Median LSAT score of 173 out of % Acceptance Rate

Types of Law Constitutional Law: defines the relationship between the different groups in a state, for example the judiciary, executive, and legislative branches of a government Criminal Law: focuses on behavior sanctioned under criminal code and defined as illegal Also Corporate Law, Environmental Law, Maritime Law, Civil Rights Law, and many more types