What is the Pre-Law Concentration?
There is no “pre-law” major at DePaul, though a number of departments–including History–offer a pre-law concentration within their majors. As the older of the two specialized concentrations offered by the History department, the pre-law concentration has evolved into what might now be more accurately termed a “Legal History” concentration. The flexible curriculum of this concentration is designed to allow students to shape a plan of study building on two required legal history courses and several optional courses, aiming to help students understand the law as a part of history, subject to change over time and a part of the social, cultural, and political arenas. This concentration focuses mostly on United States history, but we have broadened the scope to allow interested students in this concentration to take a more global/international curriculum if they wish.
