Therefore, students who have aspirations toward legal studies should make every effort from freshman year on to build strong undergraduate academic records. Brochures and application forms for the Law School Admission Test and the Law School Data Assembly Service are available from the prelaw advisors. The department sponsors an Internship Program wherein qualified students may receive practical experience and academic credit for working with area law firms and agencies. Courses A number of courses offered within the curriculum of political science are particularly appropriate for students wishing to enhance their knowledge of law. In addition to the actual practice of law, many lawyers follow careers in government service, business, education, and other fields.
Few professions offer as many diverse career prospects as does law.
A significant segment of enterprise management in this country is trained in the law, and the majority of legislators, administrators, and executives, both state and national, continue to be lawyers. Further, thousands of lawyers exert an enormous influence upon government policy by drafting and promoting proposals for legislative change and representing before the courts clients whose causes have a significance for society at large. In the last two decades economic, social, and political questions crucial to all levels of society have been increasingly framed as legal questions to be resolved by the courts. Particular note should be taken of the dramatic increase in the number of women and minorities entering the profession of law in recent years as career opportunities have enlarged.