Pre-Law Minor

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For students who minor in Pre-Law, our goal is to prepare them for the demands of legal study and the legal profession. We teach students the analytical, writing, and advocacy skills that will be expected of them in law school. Students are required to take Legal Reasoning in which they learn to function under the Socratic Method, brief cases and take law school style exams. At the heart of the program are the award winning Mock Trial and Moot Court teams which compete in on-campus and intercollegiate tournaments.

Courses regularly offered include: Legal Reasoning; Constitutional Law; Individual Rights; Criminal Law; and Women & the Law. Students are encouraged to take pre-law courses from other programs including: Symbolic Logic and Business Law.

Prerequisites: 9 units

POL 1 American Government and Institutions (3)                            
PHI 10 Critical Thinking (3) or ENG 1C Freshman English
BUS 5 / POL 5 Business Law (3)

Required Upper Division Courses

POL 103 Legal Reasoning (3)
POL 108 Constitutional Law (3)

Plus four upper division elective courses from among the following:

Business Law:
BUS 171/ POL 105 Business Law II (3)
BUS 106/ POL 106 Real Estate Law (3)

Civil Rights / Advocacy:
POL 102 Women and the Law (3)
POL 109 Individual Rights (3)
POL 133 Moot Court (3)
POL 138 International Law
POL 176 Public Policy
POL 188 Administrative Law (3)

Criminal Law:
POL 107 Criminal Law (3)
SOC 109 Forensics Studies: Criminalistics (3)
SOC 110 Deviant Behavior: Juvenile Delinquency (3)
SOC 111 Deviant Behavior: Criminology (3)

Any upper division course approved by the Director of the Pre-Law Minor

Please contact Dr. Helen Boutrous for further information about MSMC's Pre-Law Minor.