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Many of our majors have gone on to law school, and a large proportion of our majors regularly describe themselves as pre-law students. Law and politics have always been very closely related, and this relationship is much deeper and broader in scope than can be covered in any one professional program. Because of this breadth, our Law and Politics program can be very useful even for those students who do not actually go on to a legal career. In any event, political science has traditionally been seen as the most obvious component of a pre-law program, and we are only seeking to systematize this general impression.
Here is a menu of choices that you might find useful in creating your own program for prelaw studies as a major in political science:
any 100 level course in political science (see Y100, "American Political Controversies")
any law-related Y200 course
Y304 and Y305 (Constitutional Law)
any 300-level course in American National Institutions (but be specific about Presidency, Congress, Judiciary, etc.)
any course in Comparative Politics or International Relations (especially for those interested in international law; see Y367, "International Law")
any course in Political Theory (see Y204, "Political Theory and Policy Analysis")
any Y396 undergraduate seminar
a Y481 Internship in some law-related organization overseas study with a politics and law focus
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