Legal Studies Minor

Minor requirements:

• PLG 101 - Introduction to the Legal Profession
• PLG 200 - Legal Bibliography and Research I
• PLG 202 - Legal Bibliography and Research II

• Select three additional courses from the following: (9 semester hours)

• PLG 301 - Contracts
• PLG 303 - Torts
• PLG 325 - Business Organizations
• PLG 327 - Estates, Trusts and Wills
• PLG 330 - Legal Writing
• PLG 340 - Law Office Technology and Management
• PLG 401 - Special Topics in Paralegal Studies
• PLG 427 - Administrative Law
• PLG 428 - Real Estate Law
• PLG 429 - Civil Litigation
• PLG 431 - Criminal Law
• PLG 432 - Family Law
• PLG 433 - Environmental Law
• PLG 434 - Bankruptcy Law
• PLG 451 - School Law

Total Hours Required for a minor in Legal Studies: 18 Semester Hours

 The Legal Studies minor is available to student majoring in any discipline.  The minor would be particularly beneficial to students majoring in fields closely related or impacted by law such as business, political science, nursing, and communications.  Further, it provides a legal foundation for those intending to go to law school.  However, the Legal Studies minor is not approved by the American Bar Association and is not intended to prepare students as paralegals.