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Dr. Kari Larsen, Advisor<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pre-law advising is designed to assist students who are interested in attending law school after graduation from Â鶹´«Ã½AVPeter\u2019s University. The Pre-law Advisor assists students in choosing their academic program, planning for the LSAT exam, selecting internships, and applying to law school.<\/span><\/p>\n

Preparation for law school requires a broad-based and rigorous undergraduate education that emphasizes critical thinking, studious reading and excellence of writing. A particular major is not required. However, the chosen program of study should encompass challenging courses that sharpen the intellect and develop a student's ability to think analytically and communicate clearly. These skills can be refined in any number of courses including those in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and business.<\/span><\/p>\n

Law schools seek students who are able to operate at their peak in a demanding academic environment, and who can demonstrate this ability by achieving an outstanding undergraduate academic record and scoring high on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).<\/span><\/p>\n

Students interested in law school, legal careers, or the Joint B.A\/J.D. Program outlined below, should contact the University's Pre-law Advisor as early as possible for information and guidance about preparation for law school, the application process, the study of law, and the practice of law.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joint B.A.\/J.D. Program with Seton Hall University School of Law<\/h2>\n

Qualified high school students who are interested in an accelerated program may apply, upon admission to Â鶹´«Ã½AVÂ鶹´«Ã½AV or as early as possible during their first year at the University, for entrance into the Joint B.A.\/J.D. Program with Seton Hall University School of Law. The Program offers exceptional high school students the opportunity to obtain in six years, rather than the normal seven years, a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Political Science from Â鶹´«Ã½AVPeter\u2019s University and a Juris Doctor Degree from Seton Hall University School of Law. Eligibility requirements include, among other components, minimum SAT scores (600 on the verbal, 600 on the math, and a composite verbal + math of 1300) and rank in the top 10% of the student's high school class.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Joint B.A.\/J.D. Program is an optional accelerated program, and entrance into the Program is not required to apply to or attend law school in the usual manner.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/pre-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}