Law Minor

Requirements

Minor Requirements: 5 courses, 19-20 credits

Required Courses (3 courses, 12 credits)

LAWU-101	Ethics and Legal Practice Skills	4
LAWU-201	Introduction to Law	4
POLS-225	U.S. Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties	4

Electives (2 courses, 7-8 credits)

Choose two courses from the following list, at least one of which must be a LAWU course:

BLE-321	Corporate Crime and Financial Fraud	3
CJU-134	Introduction to Criminal Justice	4
CJU-210	Juvenile Justice	4
CJU-218	Crime and Law in Indian Country	4
CJU-332	Restorative Justice	4
LAWU-211	Litigation	4
LAWU-221	Law of Contracts	4
LAWU-260	Criminal Law	4
LAWU-270	Technology and the Law	4
LAWU-280	Domestic Violence, Abuse and Neglect	4
LAWU-301	Legal Research and Writing I	4
LAWU-310	Gender, Sexuality, and the Law	4
LAWU-325	Wills and Probate	4
LAWU-330	Real Estate Law	4
LAWU-340	Family Law	4
LAWU-345	Education Law	4
LAWU-350	Intellectual Property	4
LAWU-355	Corporate Law	4
LAWU-365	Employment and Labor Law	4
LAWU-370	Immigration Law	4
LAWU-375	International Law	4
LAWU-410	Advanced Litigation and Trial Practice	4
PHIL-318	Philosophy of Law	4
POLS-245	Courts, Public Policy, and Legal Research	4
POLS-361	Voting Rights and Election Law	4
SOC-242	Law, Health & Human Rights	4
SOC-301	Sociology of Law	4
SOC-347	Immigration Law and Policy	4

Note: The minor in Law is not intended to prepare students to work as paralegals and does not do so.

Residency Requirement Policy: In the College of Arts and Sciences, a two-course (8 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for completion of a minor and a four-course (16 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for the completion of a major.

Minor Programs Policy: A student declaring a minor may use no more than two courses from a major or double major combination to fulfill the requirements for the minor. No more than one course from one minor may count toward the fulfillment of a second minor. Students may not minor in a subject in which they are also completing a major. For more information, see the Minor Programs section of the CAS Degree Requirements page.