How many years in law school to be a professional lawyer?

I am planning to attend Harvard Law School.

How many years will I be in Harvard?

How to be a lawyer?

first you need an undergraduate degree. this takes most people 4-5 years.

law school at harvard law will be 3 years, unless you take time off or fail a lot of classes.

that's a total of 7-8 years of school after high school.

oh, yeah. if you plan to attend harvard, you need to have amazing grades and extracurricular activities in high school and the same from a very, very good university. kudos to you for planning ahead.

3 -4 years for your undergrad, 3 years law school, and pass the bar exam. Good luck.

This depends on what program you enroll in. If you are an American who has, or will have a 3-4 year Baccalaureate undergrad degree, you would then enter Harvard (or any other law schools') three year JD program.

If you are a foreign student who will enter the US with an undergraduate degree in law which allows you to practice law in your home country, you would then enroll in a one year LLM program.

Either way, you would start practicing law the September after you graduate, after taking the bar exam (but before learning the results). Within a year, you would be "admitted" to the bar and become an official lawyer, but by then at most firms and major employers you would already be a lawyer in most senses of the word.

Most graduates enter large law firms with ongoing training for new lawyers, and you learn as you go. However, unlike small law firms or government jobs, it would be many years before you would sign court documents, argue a case, or otherwise do something where it matters that you are an official lawyer.

typically a layer has to be in the university about 4 years for his 1st degree..

12 years. if you can make it, will you marry me?