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Pre-Law

Recommended Courses

The University of Dayton offers courses across many disciplines that can greatly benefit prelaw students by laying the foundations of a well-rounded education as well as providing the necessary skills for success in law school. View our recommendations from the list below. 

  • PLW 200: Legal Careers and Professional Development
  • POL 301: American Judicial Process

Writing Skills
  • ENG 368: Intro to Professional and Technical Writing
  • ENG 370: Report and Proposal Writing (JRs and SRs)
  • ENG 372: Business Communication
Quantitative Analysis Skills Courses
  • ACC 207: Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • ACC 208: Introduction to Managerial Accounting
  • CMM 412: Statistical Methods of Communication
  • DSC 210: Statistics for Business I
  • DSC 211: Statistics for Business II
  • ECO 203: Principles of Microeconomics
  • MTH 148:  Introductory Calculus I
  • MTH 207: Introduction to Statistics
  • PSY 216: Elementary Statistics
Written Research Skills
  • ENG 490 01: Trauma, Literature and the Middle East - 1974
  • ENG 490 02: Tom Stoppard
  • HST 301: Research Methods Seminar
  • HST 498: History Capstone Seminar
  • INS 499: International Studies Senior Capstone
  • PLW 350: Introduction to Legal Research, Writing and Analysis
  • POL 207: Political Analysis
  • SOC 409: Senior Project Capstone
Legal Vocabulary and Concepts
  • CJS:  305 Criminal Law
  • CJS 315: Criminal Procedure
  • MGT 201: Legal Environment of Business
  • SOC 326: Law and Society
Experiential Learning
  • CJS 495: Criminal Justice Internship
  • POL 495: Government Internship
  • PLW 301 & 302: Mock Trial
  • PLW 495: Legal Internship

  • ANT 306: Culture and Power
  • CJS 336: Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
  • CJS 399 02: Special Topics in Criminal Justice Studies, Criminal Justice Ethics
  • CJS 399 05: Forensics/Profiling
  • CMM 350: Propaganda
  • CMM 351: Public Speaking
  • CMM 352: Persuasion
  • CMM 397 P3: Speech/Debate
  • CMS 316: Intercultural Communication
  • ECO 204: Principles of Macroeconomics
  • FIN 301: Introduction to Financial Management
  • FIN 450: International Business Finance (for Business majors)
  • HST 251/252: American History
  • HST 376: Social and Cultural History of the U.S.
  • INS 390 M1: Model U.N.
  • PHL 310 C1: Social Philosophy
  • PHL 313, 316, 319: Various ethics courses
  • POL 201: American Political System (pre-req for POL 301)
  • POL 300-01: Homeland Security
  • POL 300-02: International Political Economy
  • POL 300-03: Health Policy
  • POL 333: Politics of Human Rights
  • PSY 341: Social Psychology
  • REL 368, 369: Various ethics courses
  • REL 363: Faith and Justice
  • SOC 305: Criminological Theory
  • SOC 339: Social Inequalities
  • SOC 426: Leadership and Communities
  • SSC 200-09,59: Sexual Violence
  • SSC 200-16,17: Forensic Social Violence
  • SSC 200-30: Ending Gender Violence
  • SSC 200-42,43: Wrongful Conviction
  • SSC 200-C1, C2: The Death Penalty
  • SWK 331: Death, Dying and Suicide
  • THR 310: Acting for Everyone

Foreign Language Study: Language competency is an asset for those considering careers in law.


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