Let the Legal Studies Department at UIS introduce you to the world of law. Students interested in becoming legal assistants should take the courses in the legal assistant concentration, which focuses on the knowledge and skills that a student will need to work as a paralegal. Students interested in other law-related careers are encouraged to take the general legal studies concentration, which offers a more general, liberal arts approach to legal studies. Both concentrations offer required and elective courses. Required courses give students an opportunity to acquire an essential legal background and develop needed skills.
Elective courses allow students to focus their study in a specific area.
All legal studies majors take the general core courses listed below. In addition, students taking the legal assistant concentration will take the legal assistant core and students in the general legal studies concentration will take the general legal studies core. The legal studies department strongly recommends that students complete a U.S. government course before admission, have an interest in some aspect of the law and the legal profession, and be prepared to engage in a rigorous educational experience.