A new survey shows attorneys across the country recommend an undergraduate degree in liberal arts for aspiring lawyers.

The legal staffing service The Affiliates conducted the survey, finding 37 percent of practicing attorneys picked liberal arts as the best major to prepare a student for legal work, followed by 31 percent who chose business studies for their undergraduate degrees.

The number of liberal arts recommendations is up 3 percent from 1999.

The research was conducted among 200 law firms and corporations in the United States and Canada. Attorneys were asked "What field of study, or major, would you recommend for an undergraduate student who is planning to attend law school?"

The Affiliates spokeswoman Sarah Br