Pre-Law

Preparatory courses of study are non-major programs offering supervised and independent studies to prepare students for specialty educational institutions.

Pre-Law Advisor
Joice Chang, Politics
(707) 826-3917
Joice.Chang@humboldt.edu

The Program

Pre-law is not a specific course of study in a particular discipline. There is no established major or specific course of studies for pre-law preparation. Many different routes exist for preparing for the study of law. Various legal professional organizations, such as the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools, emphasize that  success in legal education comes from a background that has developed the essential skills of strong analytic thinking, including the ability to analyze arguments and situations with sound reasoning, and the ability to communicate well, both orally and in writing.

Any number of possible majors and minors, along with elective courses, can be combined in preparation for the study of law. The best plan is to choose a major that interests you, and choose as many challenging courses from other areas as possible that support your development as noted above. Perhaps the best way to prepare for law school at Humboldt  is to take challenging courses. This will train your mind to perform well within the rigors of law school studies and later as a member of the legal profession.

The Academic and Career Advising Center has information on admission to law schools and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).

More information is available through the Pre-law advising website at: humboldt.edu/prelaw.