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May 25, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Pre-Law Certificate (CT.PLW)
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The Pre-Law certificate recognizes academic course work that builds skills and knowledge useful for the study of law or for careers in law, such as paralegal work. This is an inter-disciplinary program of core courses that build skills related to legal argumentation, and a wide variety of electives that provide substantive exposure to laws, regulations, and legal procedures.
Outcomes
- Understand the foundations of constitutional law and the judiciary
- Demonstrate skills related to writing coherent structured arguments
- Understand the formal logic related to legal arguments
- Demonstrate the ability to write legal briefs based on Court opinions
- Demonstrate familiarity with legal terminology and legal concepts
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Requirements for the certificate (9 credits)
Electives for the certificate (9 credits)
In addition to the core courses, students should select an additional 9 credits from the following list of courses; six of those nine credits must include courses at the 3000-level or above.
Total credits required: 18
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