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PRE-LAW COURSES

For admission to the Department of Law, in addition to the completion of an
approved high school course of four years, or its equivalent, the candidate must
present evidence that for at least two years he has pursued in a standard college
courses leading to a baccalaureate degree, of which he must have successfully completed
at least thirty session-hours.

All the required pre-Law courses are offered in the Summer Quarter.

Credit will be given for completed courses only. A completed course is one
for which the student is entitled to final credit toward a baccalaureate degree from
the institution in which the work was done, without further pursuit of that course.

Notice is given that two important changes in the requirements for admission
are in contemplation, of which changes pre-law students should be forewarned.

First: The exclusion, as subjects acceptable for admission to the Law School, of
courses in Art, Music, Commercial Law, Education, Physical Training, Military
Training, and Public Speaking. Second: The definite requirement, for admission
to the Law School, of most of the following subjects, which are now recommended
as desirable pre-law courses: English, Latin, French or Spanish, History,
a Natural Science, Mathematics, Government, Accounting, and for students of
more than average maturity Economics, Logic and Ethics.