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    Mar 28, 2024  
2016-2017 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]

Legal Studies Major


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The Legal Studies Department offers the flexible Legal Studies Major for students interested in law. It is an optional major for pre-law students. Students also seeking their paralegal certificate may follow this major, but doing so does not guarantee a paralegal certificate. Paralegal certificate recipients may major in any subject. Students who are interested in the paralegal certificate should also refer to the Paralegal Certificate section of this bulletin.

 

Major Requirements


The Legal Studies Major consists of forty (40) credits as follows:

If you plan to attend law school:


Legal studies majors who intend to go on to law school are strongly encouraged to consider a second major or minor in the field of their choice. A Legal Studies Major is not required for law school admission. Students interested in law school should also strongly consider taking PHIL 1130 - Logic, as well as writing-intensive and formal reasoning courses beyond those required of the Hamline Plan.

Notes:


The Legal Studies Major does not qualify students to sit for the bar examination or to work as lawyers. Postgraduate study in an American Bar Association-approved law school after graduation from college is required to practice law.

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