Pre-law Learning Community  

This Learning Community in Sechrist helps you prepare for the study of law. 

It is open to students interested in exploring careers in:

  • law
  • politics
  • public policy

In addition to shared experiences in courses in ethics and argument analysis, the community will provide a series of co-curricular activities including training in areas like legal research and preparation for the LSAT.  

Priority enrollment

Seats in certain high-demand classes will be reserved for freshman in Learning Communities. Your adviser will help you enroll in these courses. Visit Priority Enrollment to find out more about enrollment and advising.

Seats will be reserved in:

Fall semester:

  • PHI 105 – Introduction to Ethics: introduces first-year students to philosophical analysis of the ethical life.  Reading and critical discussion of both classical and contemporary texts are pursued.

Spring semester:

  • PHI 223 – Argument Analysis: first-year students will be introduced to the systematic study of arguments, emphasizing analysis and evaluation of arguments as they occur in everyday life.