If you have some idea of what you might want to work in after school, make a point of talking to practitioners in the field to find out what classes to take. Most of us love to talk, and most will be willing to take 5-10 minutes to give advice to students.
I knew I wanted to do tax law, and I was surprised to be told by several lawyers that I needed focus on contracts, bankruptcy and securities classes. Turns out that I spend my days analyzing contracts to figure out what happens for tax purposes, including what happens when there are bankruptcies or other corporate events.
Also, give some thought to the physical location of the school. If you might want to take classes at the MBA school, or some other program, make sure that the law school is close by to the other classrooms. I hadn't thought about this, but one old veteran lawyer mentioned it to me. It was certainly much easier to take a couple of interesting MBA classes when all I had to do was leave the law school and go 1/2 block up the hill, rather than be at a school that is physically distant from the main campus.
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