To be admitted to a law school accredited by the American Bar Association, and eventually to the practice of law, the student generally must receive a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and an acceptable score on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). Most law schools prefer that students not make legal studies the focus of their undergraduate work. For this reason, Geneva College does not offer a pre-law major.
Geneva's pre-law committee provides counsel and advice to students interested in careers in the legal professions. The committee seeks to assist student in assessing their interests in the legal profession, in thinking about the role Christians should play in the legal profession, in preparing for law school and for the LSAT, and in the law school application process. Students with an intere4st in the legal professions are urged to identify themselves to the committee through the pre-law advisor, Dr. Frederick Neikirk.
While no particular major is necessary to gain admission to law school, law schools are looking for students who have good analytic and communication skills and a solid background in history and the social sciences. These attributes are also necessary for success in the practice of law. Many of these skills and much of this background knowledge can be attained through the core curriculum of the college. For students who want to pursue these in more depth Geneva offers a minor in pre-law studies. This minor is designed to build on the skills and understandings developed in the core, to supplement the student's major, and help the student gain some understanding of the study and practice of law.