
Bachelor in Pre-Law
Selinsgrove, USA
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
USD 54,440 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* November 1 — Early Action 1. November 15 — Early Decision. December 1 — Early Action 2. February 1 — Regular Decision admission application deadline; late applications welcome as space permits. March 1 — International Students
** tuition 2022-23
Scholarships
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Introduction
Interested in pursuing a legal career?
Our pre-professional law program will guide and prepare you. It’s an advising program that provides resources and guidance to help you assess your interest and readiness for law school. You’ll also benefit from research, experiential and networking opportunities.
Our students have an outstanding acceptance and achievement record at a wide variety of law schools across the country.
Inside the Pre-Law Program
We provide a unique and enriching setting for a combination of liberal arts and preprofessional programming-a combination that is exemplified in the university’s prelaw program.
Pre-law is not actually a major; in fact, you can major in anything you want. There are no required courses. Law schools are more interested in seeing that applicants have developed good writing and critical thinking skills. They are much less concerned with whether or not you’ve learned “the law;” that’s what law school is for!
The pre-law program is designed to help guide those interested in pursuing a legal career and ensure that they have access to all of the available resources. You’ll be able to tailor the program to fit your specific needs and draw from the resources you find to be most valuable.
Advising
Prelaw program advisor Rolfe Peterson, assistant professor of political science, will advise you as you begin to consider law school and follows you through the application process.
You’ll be regularly informed about upcoming events and items of interest. Information sessions are held once a semester and are designed to provide students with more specific information regarding the actual application process. While these sessions are primarily for the benefit of juniors and seniors, all are welcome to attend.
To help students prepare for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), the program provides a practice exam twice a semester simulating an actual test. In addition, the university pays for one-half the cost of an LSAT preparation course.
We also have a close relationship with alumni who have gone on to law careers and are happy to advise students.
Mock Trial Club
Prepare to compete in regional and national courtroom competitions.
You’ll be provided with the necessary materials, training, and guidance for the competition.
This is a valuable learning experience, exposing you to the procedures of a modern-day courtroom and helping you decide whether or not you want to pursue a career in law. You’ll also gain public speaking and logical thinking skills.
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Curriculum
Preprofessional Program: Pre-Law
When you enroll at Susquehanna, you’ll be paired with an advisor and application tool to guide you in your course planning and scheduling. The following is an excerpt from the complete course catalog. Enrolled students follow the requirements of the course catalog for the academic year in which they declare each major and/or minor, consult with their advisor(s) and the Academic Planning Tool.
Preprofessional Program: Prelaw
Susquehanna students have an excellent acceptance and achievement record at a wide variety of law schools across the country. To prepare for law school, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) and the American Bar Association (ABA) do not recommend any one course of undergraduate study. Students from any major are accepted by and succeed in law school. The LSAC and ABA do recommend that students successfully complete a curriculum that will help them to develop their skills in oral and written communication, as well as their analytical reasoning ability. The prelaw program works with interested students to obtain internships in the law to provide them with experience that will help them to determine if the law is the right field of graduate study for them. A student’s undergraduate GPA and LSAT score are important criteria in the law school admission process. To assist students preparing for postgraduate study in the law, Susquehanna University has an innovative program that reimburses students for half the cost of taking an LSAT preparation course to assist them in putting together the best possible law school application. Susquehanna University has a general articulation agreement with Capital University Law School that guarantees admittance to Susquehanna graduates who meet certain requirements. For information on this and other aspects of the prelaw program, contact the prelaw adviser, Assistant Professor of Political Science Rolfe Peterson.
Career Opportunities
Graduate School Placements
Susquehanna students have an excellent acceptance record at law schools across the country. Graduates have gained admission to the following schools in recent years:
- American University, Washington College of Law
- Capital University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Delaware Law School
- Dickinson School of Law
- Duquesne University School of Law
- Florida State University
- Fordham University
- George Mason School of Law
- Georgetown University Law Center
- Hofstra University School of Law
- Indiana University
- Lewis and Clark Law School
- New England Law
- New York University
- Notre Dame
- Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
- Rutgers University- Newark
- Seton Hall University School of Law
- Stetson University College of Law
- Suffolk University Law School
- Syracuse University
- Temple University Beasley School of Law
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Akron
- University of Baltimore
- University at Buffalo School of Law
- University of Chicago
- University of Connecticut School of Law
- University of Denver College of Law
- University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
- University of Maryland School of Law
- University of Michigan Law School
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- University of Virginia School of Law
- Vermont Law School
- Wake Forest
- Widener School of Law
- William & Mary
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