I'm looking to become a Paralegal, possibly a lawyer down the line, & wanting to know what are the best classes & degree to work towards achieving it?

 

Pre-law, political science and those degrees that will not help you prepare for a job (or law school for that matter), are a waste of time if you want to first work as a paralegal then possibly go to law school later. Quite frankly, a two year paralegal program will probably give you a much better return on investment than one of the degrees you mentioned which won't teach you the necessary skills to work as a paralegal. If you spend four years on a degree then two more years on paralegal training, you may as well have gone to school one additional year and finished with a law degree.

If you want skills that could complement a law degree, look at nursing, medical technology, accounting, education (teaching), engineering, journalism, English or business. An undergraduate degree should be worthwhile to you even if you do not go to law school. Any degree that requires good organizational skills, critical thinking and writing skills will help with law school, so think about all of the noble gal things that you might do if for some reason you would not be working with the law as you picture it now. If you are good at science and might like nursing, it is really a great combination with a law degree for opening up opportunities because if the advantage it offers in evaluating cases with medical evidence.

I studied in what is now called the College of Journalism for a BA where I learned to issue spot (which is done in law school in a different way), investigating, writing and other skills that I was able to use in law school and in practice later. I started as an engineering major which would have stood out from the pile of law school applicants, been useful if I didn't finish a law degree and been helpful in practice.

Good luck to you in whatever you pursue.