Pre-Law
Undergraduate Minor & Pre-Professional Advising College of Liberal Studies
Minor, Pre-Professional Advisory Track
About:
Thinking about law school? PLU’s pre-law advising program helps you figure out if a legal career is right for you — and how to prepare for it. You’ll get one-on-one support to plan your courses, get involved with the right experiences, and tackle everything from the LSAT to law school applications.
You don’t need to major in anything specific to join the pre-law advising program. Law schools are looking for strong writers, analytical thinkers, and effective communicators, not any one major. That’s exactly what a liberal arts education at PLU delivers.
Whether you’re planning to practice law, work in policy, or just want to sharpen your reasoning skills, PLU’s pre-law advising program gives you the tools to take your next step.
Pre-law Minor: Want to take it a step further? In addition to the pre-law advising program, you can also minor in pre-law. It follows a curriculum designed around the American Bar Association’s core skills and values for future law students — like research, writing, public service, and critical thinking.
Skills you'll gain from this program:
- Strategic Planning and Preparation — Gain experience in goal setting, LSAT readiness, and the law school application process through personalized advising and mentorship.
- Critical Analysis — Strengthen your ability to read complex texts, evaluate arguments, and think logically—skills essential for law school and legal reasoning.
- Effective Communication — Develop clear, persuasive writing and confident oral presentation skills to articulate ideas and advocate for a position.
- Research and Evidence Evaluation — Learn to locate, interpret, and synthesize information from diverse sources to build strong, evidence-based arguments.
- Ethical and Cultural Awareness — Understand how legal systems intersect with ethics, justice, and social contexts to approach issues with integrity and inclusivity.
Pre-law graduates from the last 5 years have attended law school at:
- University of Maryland
- Gonzaga University
- University of Washington
- Seattle University
- University of Hawaii
- University of Oregon
- Willamette University
- George Washington University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- South Texas College of Law
- Hofstra University
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Get Involved
Join the PLU Pre-law Student Association and PLU’s Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta (the largest national professional law fraternity).
