{"id":353,"date":"2015-11-18T19:58:49","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T19:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/?post_type=areas&#038;p=353"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:34:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:34:50","slug":"pre-law","status":"publish","type":"areas","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/pre-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy: Pre-Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--yellow umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Majors, Minors &amp; Areas of Study<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Philosophy: Pre-Law<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-headed-for-law-school\">Headed for law school?<\/h2><p>Prepare your legal mind with a major in philosophy: pre-law at the University of Mary Washington. You&rsquo;ll challenge yourself with courses in logic, ethics and the legal system while testing your powers of argument through Mary Washington&rsquo;s renowned mock trial and debate teams. Law firm internships, LSAT study sessions, pre-law advising and more position UMW pre-law alumni to excel at the nation&rsquo;s top schools of law.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-degree-awarded\">Degree Awarded<\/h3><p>Students majoring in philosophy: pre-law concentration who complete all requirements earn the degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in philosophy and religious studies.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-areas-of-study\">Areas of Study<\/h3><p>Many students in UMW&rsquo;s pre-law program choose to major in philosophy, but even if you decide to pair your pre-law studies with another of our majors &ndash; political science or psychology, for example &ndash; you&rsquo;ll still study the philosophy of ancient Greece, the early modern era, law, ethics, logic, and more.<\/p><p>In addition, UMW offers the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/students\/graduate-school\/umwgeorge-mason-33-program\/\">3+3 Accelerated Program<\/a>&rdquo; with George Mason University. It allows highly motivated students a fast track to earn both a bachelor&rsquo;s degree and a law degree in six, rather than seven, years of study.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-career-opportunities\">Career Opportunities<\/h3><p>The pre-law track in philosophy prepares you for entry to law school.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-internships\">Internships<\/h3><p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/clpr\/undergraduate-research\/\">Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion<\/a>&nbsp;offers opportunities to complete research, present at conferences, and make valuable contacts for the professional world.<\/p><div class=\"umw-accordion-container umw-custom-block\" data-only-one=\"true\">\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Honors<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>To graduate with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/clpr\/philosophy-program\/honors-program\/\">honors<\/a>&nbsp;in philosophy, you must have at least a 3.5 grade-point average in the major. You&rsquo;ll complete a research project and write and defend a senior thesis. If you choose another major to combine with pre-law, you may pursue honors in that program.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Requirements<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-major-requirements\">Major Requirements<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The pre-law concentration requires 33 credits, made up mostly of courses in philosophy &ndash; including the philosophy of law, ancient and modern philosophy, ethics, and non-Western philosophy &ndash; as well as logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-minor-requirements\">Minor Requirements<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The pre-law concentration requires 33 credits, made up mostly of courses in philosophy and also requiring Latin, logic, and philosophy of law.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Scholarships<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>The Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion offers several&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/clpr\/undergraduate-scholarships-and-awards\">scholarships and awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"creator":[2,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-353","1":"areas","2":"type-areas","3":"status-publish","5":"department-cpr","6":"department-cas","7":"key-major","8":"key-pre-professional","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Philosophy: Pre-Law - Majors, Minors, and Areas of Study<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/pre-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Philosophy: Pre-Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Headed for law school?Prepare your legal mind with a major in philosophy: pre-law at the University of Mary Washington. 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