Pre-Law Experience: The goals of the Pre-Law program are to prepare the student for law school and to become conversant with 1) the nature and function of law and legal institutions, 2) the relation of law to the broader social order, and 3) the moral and ethical attributes that lawyers should possess so as to secure the health and vitality of the American legal profession. Pre-Law students take courses that prepare them for law school and they intern with local and hometown lawyers and state and federal attorneys.

The Pre-Law Program: Law schools do not require a certain major or field of specialization. At Newberry College, we want you to select the major that excites your imagination and supplement it with our pre-law courses that most law schools believe will prepare you for law school.

Admission to law schools in this decade is becoming more competitive. The Pre-Law curriculum, when combined with a major and the general education requirements, gives the student the content and those skills which provide a solid foundation upon which to base his or her application to law school and which, if admitted, should lead to a successful completion of the law school curriculum.

In addition to the courses in their major, pre-law students are encouraged to take the following courses in the Pre-Law Curriculum:

Skills-Oriented Courses:
English Composition & Research
Advanced Grammar & Composition
Public Speaking
Statistics
Logic
Accounting

Content-Oriented Courses:
American Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties
International Law
Business Law
American & British History
American Government
Ethics
Economics
Literature
Forensics

Internships:

Students interested in gaining experience in a legal environment can receive up to 3 hours of college credit through the History and Political Science Programs. Internships offer potential law students with the opportunity to gain practical experience in law or politics and to help students decide whether or not law is the profession they wish to pursue. Advisors in History and Political Science Programs will help interested students secure an internship with area law firms, U.S. Attorney's office, U.S. Department of Justice, or a law office in their own hometown. For those interested in lawmaking, the Political Science Department offers internships with the U.S. Congress and the South Carolina legislature.