I have questions about TESC & Political Science Degree. Could someone please help me?

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No, it was more because someone mentioned history as being good to get into law school. It's not that it's good to get into law school; history majors just don't know what else to do if they can't get a job in a museum or as a teacher. hilarious

I don't see how a political science degree would better prepare one for civil law, but I get what you're saying about reputation. I still think a degree in legal studies or paralegal studies would be the best at preparing someone for tort, property, and family law.

There is not one university that offers a Bachelors degree in Paralegal Studies or Legal Studies in my state. There are AA degrees in paralegal technology and some schools that offer a paralegal certificate. Also my state will not certify a paralegal unless your AA was taken at a B&M school. You cannot be certified with a 100% online program. The most common way to be certified in this state is to have an A.A. in paralegal studies or a BA and a certificate from a state-approved paralegal program. The state has 35 state-approved schools/programs. The state certification started back in 2007. There's still national certification (which I have) and is still widely accepted and respected. National certification began in 1976. After I finish my A.A. I can sit for the state exam since I already have a certificate. Paralegals who lived here for a period of time prior to 2005 were grandfathered in and could be certified without meeting the requirements. Those who moved here later (like I did) have to go through the traditional process. There are a lot of paralegals who move here with a degree or certificate from a non state-approved school and they are told by the Bar that to be certified they have to retake the program at one of their state-approved schools. This is a totally separate issue from what I'm trying to do but I'm just showing you how different things are in states that certify paralegals. From what I understand only Texas, Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, and North Carolina have the state certification. California has a different program that involves limited licensing.