Pre-Law Classes to Take

One of the best ways to determine whether you enjoy the (hard) work of law school is to take undergraduate classes that focus on the law and simulate the law school experience.

Many of these classes are not easy – but they are much easier than any law school course and give students a small sample of the work and skills involved.

Some of the best classes to take to help determine if law school is right for you and if you have what it takes are:

  1. POLS 3145 Intro to American Law
    1. This course is a speedrun of the first year of law school: Contracts, Torts, Property Law, etc. It covers the same material first year law students do in a more digestible way. Every pre law student should take this course.
  2. POLS 4130 Constitutional Law & POLS 4131 Civil Liberties & Rights
    1. The cases and ideas contained in these courses are also required first year law material
  3. POLS 3140 Judicial Process & Courts
    1. An overview of how the legal system actually works!
  4. PHIL 3820 Legal Reasoning
    1. This course is designed to help students develop
      the logical reasoning skills required for the practice of law and success on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT).
  5. POLS 4900 – Senior Seminar (Topic Dependent)
    1. Professors who teach POLS 4900 get to pick the topic they teach. Sometimes professors choose law-related topics, which can be very helpful. Double check the topic when you sign up for 4900, which is required for Political Science Majors, but open to others.

In addition, any course that focuses heavily on the law or justice system is likely to have at least some skills and information that will translate well into law school!