{"id":17627,"date":"2025-04-30T11:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/?p=17627"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:15:39","slug":"pre-law-program-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/uncategorized\/pre-law-program-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-law Program Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Law School Admissions Council and the Association of American Law Schools, which supervise law school admissions and accreditation, recommend that applicants acquire a broad-based education and possess excellent reading, writing, and analytical skills. Thus, students are encouraged to seek courses emphasizing reading and writing. In addition, it is wise to take classes that <strong>prepare you for alternative careers<\/strong> should you decide not to attend law school.<\/p>\n<p>Prelaw students have pursued undergraduate degrees in the sciences, language, business, political science, history, engineering, pharmacy, English, art, economics, theatre, and any other major offered at the University. As the law school curriculum is geared toward general private practice and the bar exam, specialization within law often depends on what a student has done as an undergraduate or graduate student in a field other than law.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that many law-related courses at the University may interest law school-bound students; none of these should be considered a prerequisite or aid to law school admission. Still, these courses may help students determine their interest in the law.<\/p>\n<h2>COURSE OPTIONS<\/h2>\n<p><em>Learning about the Law<\/em><br \/>\nPSC 113: Intro to American Politics (A2, C1)<br \/>\nPSC 334: Government Powers and the Law<br \/>\nPSC 371: Constitution and the Supreme Court<br \/>\nPSC 388: American Legal System<br \/>\nPSC 472: Civil Liberties (D1)<br \/>\nSOC\/CCJ\/PSC 274: Criminal Justice System<br \/>\nECN\/PSC 333: Economics and the Law<br \/>\nHIS 141: History of the US to 1877 (A3, C1)<br \/>\nHIS 142: History of the US since 1877 (A3, C3)<br \/>\nHIS 340: US History from 1914 to 1941<br \/>\nHIS 341: US History from 1941 to 1974 (A3, C3)<br \/>\nHIS 342: US History from 1968 to 2001 (B1, C3)<br \/>\nHIS 361: Laws &amp; Outlaws: Rhode Island Legal History<\/p>\n<p><em>Analytical Reasoning<\/em><br \/>\nPHIL 101: Critical Thinking (A3, B3)<br \/>\nPHIL 205: Philosophical Foundations<br \/>\nPHIL 314: Ethical Problems in Society and Medicine<br \/>\nPHIL 321: Ancient Philosophy<br \/>\nPHIL 323: Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant<br \/>\nHIS 363: Applied History and Policy (A3, B1)<\/p>\n<p><em>Reading, Writing, and Research<\/em><br \/>\nENG 121: OUTRAGE: The Literature of Protest and Dissent (A3, C1)<br \/>\nENG 350: Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory<br \/>\nENG 356: Literature and Law<br \/>\nWRT 106: Introduction to Research Writing (B1, B4)<br \/>\nWRT 290: Writing with AI<br \/>\nWRT 303: Public Writing<br \/>\nWRT 321G: The Ethics of Representation (B1, C1, G)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Law School Admissions Council and the Association of American Law Schools, which supervise law school admissions and accreditation, recommend that applicants acquire a broad-based education and possess excellent reading, writing, and analytical skills. 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