Pre-Law Minor

The Pre-Law Minor is designed to prepare students for law school and emphasizes the analytical, oral, and written skills requisite to the study of law. Early identification of an interest in law enables the student to approach the rigorous demands of both legal study and that of the legal profession more efficiently and effectively. It is essential that the student and the Director of the Pre-Law Minor collaborate in the process of selecting elective courses within the minor that will best prepare the individual student. The minor requires a minimum of six upper division courses (18 units).

Prerequisites

POL 1American Government and Institutions

3

PHI 10Critical Thinking

3

BUS 5Business Law I

3

or

POL 5Business Law

3

Required upper division courses:

POL 103Legal Reasoning

3

POL 108U.S. Constitutional Law

3

Plus four upper division elective courses from among the following:

Business Law:

BUS 106Business Law II

3

POL 105Advanced Business Law

3

BUS 171Real Estate Law and Management

3

POL 106Real Estate Law

3

Civil Rights/Advocacy:

POL 102Women and the Law

3

POL 109Individual Rights

3

POL 133Mock Trial

0.0-3.0

POL 134Moot Court

0.0-3.0

POL 138International Law

3

POL 176Public Policy

3

POL 180State and Local Government

3

POL 188Administrative Law

3

Criminal Law:

POL 107Criminal Law

3

SOC 110Juvenile Delinquency

3

SOC 111Criminology

3

Theory and Process:

PHI 155Symbolic Logic

3

PHI 165Philosophy of Law

3

POL 120Legislative Process

3

POL 121Judicial Politics

3

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