Premise: How to become a civil rights attorney<br>Consider majoring in political science or sociology. The social sciences can give you a solid background for civil rights laws, especially since many major civil rights cases turned on social science arguments. [substeps] Most civil rights attorneys specialize in one issue, or on preserving and strengthening the rights of a particular group.
Hypothesis: The instructions suggest a background in social sciences can give one an advantage in pursuing a career as a civil rights attorney.