Pre-Law Program
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Pre-Law Minor

This minor is designed primarily for students who are interested in attending law school, however it provides a useful background for students interested in any career where interaction with the legal system is anticipated. The coursework is designed to acquaint students with legal concepts, but more importantly it is a rigorous course of study that emphasizes writing, critical thinking, and logical reasoning.

Click here for a printable version of the Pre-Law Minor degree plan.

Required courses:

CJUS 140 Criminal Law 3
BSAD 300 Legal Environment for Managers 3
ENGL 419 Advanced Composition 3
POLS 405 American Constitutional Development 3

Elective Courses:

(Students choose three of the following. The three courses must be selected from three different disciplines.)

BSAD 355 Communications in Business and Industry 3
CJUS 221 American Judicial Process 3
CJUS 222 Constitutional Criminal Procedure 3
CJUS 331 Corrections Law 3
CJUS 431 Ethics and Liability 3
COMM 200 Survey of Human Communication 3
ENGL 316 Traditional Grammar and Usage 3
ENGL 325 American Life and Thought 3
ENGL 442 The Enlightenment3
ENGL 465 Critical Approaches to Literature 3
HIST/POLS 406 American Political Thought 3
HIST 456 Social/Intellectual History to 1865 3
HIST 457 Social/Intellectual History Since 1865 3
HIST/POLS 499 History & Politics of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement 3
PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy 3
PHIL 101 Thinking and Problem Solving 3
PHIL 201 Logical Methods 3
PHIL 300 Recent Philosophy 3
POLS 353 International Law and Organization 3
POLS 401 Public Administration 3

Students must choose elective courses that are outside their major. For example, a student with a major in criminal justice may not apply any of the criminal justice courses listed above towards a minor in pre-law. For more information about this minor, please see the Pre-Law advisor, Curtis Hayes.

Useful links:

Law School Admission Council -the organization that administers the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS)

Pre-law Advising at UNM -has a lot of useful information for students interested in law school.

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