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Oct 31, 2025
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2017-2018 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.
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Major Requirements
The Legal Studies Major consists of forty (40) credits as follows: Five (5) required courses:
Twenty (20) elective course credits
Twenty (20) credits of elective courses chosen from the following legal studies or interdisciplinary offerings: 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 by 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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