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If your goal is to practice law in the United States, you will need a bachelors that is accredited by the an agency recognized by the United States, meaning one of the regional accreditation agencies. If you are presenting any other equivalent, you should confirm that it will be accepted by discussing it with the Board of Law Examiners in the state you want to practice in, and get them to say so in writing. Note the law schools will often admit a student who they know is ineligible to take the Bar exam (on the theory its the student right to spend their money as they wish, even though the student may be under the erroneous assumption they will be a lawyer after graduation).
To succeed in law school, you should have good English langauge skills, especially in writing, and at least a vague idea of American history and government (otherwise you may make a fool of yourself).
This all assumes you want to be a lawyer because you think its a fun thing to do for a living. If you believe its a sure route to a comfortable economic situation, in spite of it not being what you want to do for living, you are making a whooper of a mistake.