Pre-Law Studies
College of Arts & Sciences
Choose Your Next Step
From Classroom to Courtroom
The pre-law interdisciplinary minor is designed to match seamlessly with students’ other interests, whether that’s mass media, psychology, or business.
95% of Baker students who apply to law school are admitted to either their first or second choice.
Students work with a pre-law advisor to create a course of study that prepares them for law school. The advisor also helps find internship opportunities. Guided by faculty with extensive legal expertise and Baker’s well-rounded liberal arts education, you will develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence that law schools prize.
Program Information
Campus
College of Arts & Sciences
Undergraduate
Non-Degree Program
Perfect Prep
Baker’s liberal arts curriculum develops essential skills for anyone entering the legal profession. In recent years, several Baker grads have received full-ride fellowships to law programs across the country.
Law Early Admission Program
LEAP 3+3
The 3+3 model was developed to reduce the students’ total legal education costs and allow these students to enter the job market earlier and develop relationships with Washburn University law professors while they are still enrolled in Baker’s undergraduate programs. The Law Early Admission Program (LEAP) allows academically talented and highly motivated undergraduate students at Baker to matriculate to Washburn University School of Law after three years.
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The LEAP Advantage
Baker’s pre-law advisor will identify candidates for LEAP early in their Baker career. LEAP students will participate in activities sponsored by Washburn Law and Baker that demonstrate the critical thinking, legal analysis, technical writing, and oral communication skills and competencies essential to success in law school. Washburn Law faculty and staff will develop mentor relationships with LEAP students still attending classes on Baker’s campus.
Thomas J. Romig, dean of Washburn University School of Law"Washburn Law has always had outstanding Baker students over time. This program is great for both Baker University and Washburn University School of Law, but the real winners in this program are the outstanding Baker University students who will have the opportunity to accelerate their undergraduate studies in order to begin legal studies with the goal of becoming a successful lawyer and having a career in law."
Pre-Law Club
The pre-law minor consists of 18 credit hours of required and elective courses and participation in the Baker University Pre-Law Club, which supports students’ preparation for the law school application process. This includes preparing for the Law School Admission Test, choosing target law schools, and writing personal statements and essays.
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Your Path to Law School: Majors and Destinations
What do pre-law students major in?
- Business
- History
- International studies
- Mass media
- Psychology
- Philosophy
- Sociology
Where do Baker students go to law school?
- University of Kansas
- University of Missouri at Columbia
- Georgetown University
- George Washington University
- Washburn University
- University of Missouri at Kansas City
- Creighton University
- Brigham Young University
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
- Duke University
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Gonzaga University
Coursework and Requirements
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Students are also required to actively participate in the Baker University Chancery Club, a pre-law organization that meets monthly with the mission of providing a menu of guest speakers, law-related site visits, and events designed to assist students in preparing for law school and a career in the law.
Core Coursework
The following courses are required of all pre-law interdisciplinary minors:- PH 110 Introduction to Law and the Legal Profession
- QS 411 Global Citizenship (on a law-focused topic)
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Students must complete four of the following courses (no more than 6 credit hours in any one prefix):
- BS 251 Business Law I
- BS 252 Business Law II
- MM 478
- Mass Media Law
- PH 120 Ethics
- PH 211 Logic and Critical Thinking
- PH 350 Law and Morality
- PS 421 American Constitutional Law
- SA 351 Sports Law
- SO 346 Criminal Justice
- SO 380 Law and Society
- A law-related Special Topics course approved by the Program Director
- A law-related Independent Study course approved by the Program Director
- A law-related Interterm course approved by the Program Director
- A law-related Internship approved by the Program Director
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