Montclair State University - Department of Legal Studies

Pre-Law Studies Minor

Course of Study - September 2000

REQUIRED COURSES: (9 credits)

• LSLW 200 Introduction to Law (meets GER)
• LSPR 312 Foundations of Legal Research ++ (Not open to Freshmen)
• LSPR 362 Legal Writing (LSPR 312 is a prereq.)

ESSENTIAL SKILLS: (9 credits)

• ENWR 205 Creative Non-Fiction
• or ENWR 204 Advanced Expository Writing
• GNHU 182 English Vocabulary: Classical Roots
• LNGN 250 Language of Propaganda (meets G.E.R.)
• or LNGN 290 Language of the Law (also listed as LSPA 290)
• MATH 109 Statistics (meets G.E.R.)
• or MATH 270 or FINQ 270 Statistics for Business
• PHIL 106 Logic (meets G.E.R.)
• PHIL 264 Critical Reasoning and Arguments
• PHIL 324 Legal Reasoning (also listed as LSLW 324)
• STSP 234 Public Speaking
• STSP 438 Principles of Persuasion
• LSPR 210 Law and Litigation

BACKGROUND COURSES: (6 credits)

• ACCT 201 Fundamentals of Accounting I
• or BSED 101 Contemporary Business
• or ECON 101 Principles of Economics: Macro (meets G.E.R.)
• HIST 117 History of the United States to 1876
• or HIST 118 History of the United States since 1876
• LSLW 220 Conflict and Its Resolution
• or LSLW315 The Mediation process and Its Applications
• or LSLW 499 Selected Topics in Law**
• PHIL 212 Social and Political Philosophy
• or PHIL 310 Knowledge, Belief and Truth
• POLS 101 American Government and Politics
• or POLS 322 American Constitutional Law: The Federal System
• or POLS 323 American Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties
• LSLW 388 Trial Techniques & Stategies (LSLW 200 is prereq.)
• or LSLW 391 Women and the Law

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS FOR THE PROGRAM:24 CREDITS

++ LSLW200 or LSLW300 is pre- or corequisite.

**LSLW 497 Pre-Law Seminar and Internship or LSPR 498 Coop. Ed.: Pre-law Studies may be substituted. LSLW 200 & LSPR312 are pre-requisites. 2.75gpa. Open only to Jrs.& Srs.

Note: Courses in the Pre-Law Studies Minor may also be counted toward the General Education Requirement (G.E.R.) where appropriate.

Sept. '97 Course of Study	Phi Alpha Delta
Pre-Law Advising	Dr.Jack Baldwin Leclair