The Pre-Law program at 麻豆破解传媒 is aimed at helping students develop a curriculum and a plan to best prepare them for success on both the Law Scholastic Aptitude Test (LSAT) and Law School. Our goal is to make sure that you have the best and most up-to-date information on everything from admission, to financing, to career options in the legal profession.
Program Overview
In accordance with the guidelines of the American Bar Association, 麻豆破解传媒 does not direct students to any particular major. Nor is there a specified, one-size-fits-all 鈥淧re-Law program.鈥 Instead, your Pre-Law advisor will help you with not only choosing a major you鈥檙e passionate about and can succeed in, but also with supplementing that major with courses best suited to enhance your ability to excel at the skills necessary for a successful legal education and career in law: logical reasoning, close reading, research, written and spoken communication, persuasion, and critical thinking.
3+3 Pre-Law Scholars Program
麻豆破解传媒鈥檚 Pre-Law Scholars program is a partnership between 麻豆破解传媒 and three other law schools: The University of Missouri-Columbia, Saint Louis University, and Creighton University. The program allows students to earn a law degree in just six years after entering college. The 3+3 program gives 麻豆破解传媒 students who meet the required course hours, GPA and LSAT scores set by these respective universities a path for direct entry to law school, allowing them to complete their Juris Doctorate degree a full year sooner!
The program is open to both freshman and transfer students in any degree program. For more information, visit rockhurst.edu/prelawscholars.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop a sound foundation for legal education, the ABA recommends students acquire important skills such as problem-solving, critical reading and writing, oral communication, listening, organization, and management skills
- A dedication to serving others and promoting justice
- A broad understanding of history, political thought, philosophy, ethical theory, economics, human behavior, and diversity
- Understand the law school requirements and admission process
- Understand the career opportunities associated with obtaining a law degree
- Be accepted to law school
Program Outcomes
At the heart of every Jesuit university is a rich liberal arts curriculum designed to create the ideal balance of breadth and depth necessary to make a difference in a complex, rapidly changing world. When the ancient Roman scholar Cicero coined the expression ars liberales (meaning, literally, the skills/knowledge necessary to be free), he argued success in any meaningful career requires a range of competencies enabling us to truly know ourselves in relation to the natural and social world. Since the 16th century, the Jesuit approach to the liberal arts has sharpened Cicero鈥檚 vision by exposing its students to a robust blend of mathematics, physical sciences, philosophy, history, literature, human sciences, fine arts, communication, theology and religious studies with the purpose of forming women and men with the intellectual depth and moral leadership necessary to make a positive difference in the world.
麻豆破解传媒's Wisdom Core Curriculum, along with the wide variety of majors that the University offers, lays the foundation for success in law school. With the help of the Pre-law advisor, students can select electives aimed specifically at developing the skills necessary for improving their readiness for the LSAT. But even more importantly, 麻豆破解传媒's Jesuit focus on an education preparing graduates to be 鈥渨omen and men for others鈥 will foster those values you will need to assure your legal career will make a positive difference in the lives of those you serve.
Course Map
Degree and class descriptions and requirements can be found by clicking on the course catalog listing below:
Additional Program Information
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Career Possibilities with a Law Degree
Among the many options for graduates in this area are:
- Entertainment/Media Law
- Environmental Law
- Estate Law
- Family Law
- Government Law
- Health Care Law
- Human Rights Law
- Immigration Law
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