Career Plan Timeline for a Lawyer

By casramirez
  • High School

    High School

    You will have to take
    -Principles of law
    -Psychology
    -History
    -Law enforcement 1 and 2
    To accomplish all these classes it will take all 4 years of your high school years.
  • Go to University

    Go to University

    Earn a Bachelors degree to get into law schools
  • Law School

    Law School

    Then attend law school it takes about 3 years.
  • Law admission test (LSAT)

    Law admission test (LSAT)

  • JD

    JD

    Earn Your Juris Doctor (J.D.). All American Bar Association approved law schools usually require 3 years of full-time study to earn a JD.
  • State Bar Examination

    State Bar Examination

    Pass Your State Bar Examination. is a six-hour, 200-question multiple-choice examination developed by NCBE