What do you have to do from high school to become a criminal lawyer? -

What specific classes you have to take, how long will it take and can you transfer from being a lawyer in Canada and go to the States?

You need to talk to your school counsleor, that is what they get paid for.

Before even considering that I would look at any big city yellow pages, LA, Dallas, Houston, NY. there are 2 inches of lawyers looking for work in any of those. Watch the TV commercials in the US the lawyers are coming up with. such as, If your mama told you that her cousins uncle smoked fence post bark back in 39 you probably have a right to sue the ceder hackers. Call Binder Over and Banger at BR549 and we ll get you what you got coming. Yep, I d give it a lot of thought before I jumped into lawyer n

Study pre-law or political science in under-grad. Get the best grades possible. You will also have to take the LSAT. Find a school apply and wait...Good luck

Get good grades in high school, go to college and major in Pre-Law, then go to Law school.

About 8 more years of school and some pretty hard tests.