Why Choose Philosophy for Pre-Law?
The study of philosophy develops the skills that the American Association of Law Schools has identified as important for pre-law education as proven by the fact that philosophy majors consistently score very high on the Law School Admissions Test (see data tables below). In fact, the philosophy major is the eleventh most common pre-law major and philosophy students handily beat out all the more popular majors in their average LSAT performance. Therefore, Philosophy truly is one of the best undergraduate majors for students intending to go to law school. It’s not surprising then that two members of the current Supreme Court of the United States were undergraduate philosophy majors (Justice Souter and Justice Breyer) In its guidelines on suitable undergraduate education, The Association of American Law Schools says the following: “What the law schools seek in their entering students is not accomplishment in mere memorization but accomplishment in understanding, the capacity to think for
Related Questions
- I declared my general/Pre-Law major in Philosophy prior to fall 2011 but have not yet fulfilled the Phil 201: Greek Philosophy requirement. Should I now take Phil 211 instead of Phil 201?
- I plan to declare my general/Pre-Law major in Philosophy in fall 2011. Can I opt to complete the requirements that were in effect prior to fall 2011?
- What are the precise changes to the Pre-Law Philosophy major?
