法律系的学生

哲学 is an excellent major for students who intend to go to law school, and the department offers a wide range of courses for pre-law students.

Courses especially recommended for pre-law students:

Why should a Pre-法律 student major in philosophy?

Average LSAT scores of the eleven most popular pre-law majors
主要 考试的分数 Compared to average Popularity of major 学生人数
哲学 157.0 +4.7分 11 1,447
经济学 156.2 +3.9分 6 2,575
历史 154.5 +2.2分 2 5,107
英语 153.5 +1.2分 3 4,968
心理学 151.7 -0.6分 4 3,758
政治科学 151.5 -0.8分 1 13,229
会计 151.5 -0.8分 7 2,098
社会学 149.4 -2.9分 8 1,888
通信 149.4 -2.9分 9 1,780
业务 政府 148.2 -4.1分 10 1,758
刑事司法 145.2 -6.9分 5 3,185

来源: Clemson University's 哲学 and Pre-法律 page

Average LSAT scores of the ten most popular pre-law Arts & 人文科学的专业所提出的问题
主要 考试的分数 Compared to average Popularity of major 学生人数
哲学 157.0 +4.7分 11 1,447
宗教 156.6 +4.3分 10 200
文学 154.5 +2.2分 5 348
音乐 155.0 +1.7分 7 245
法国 153.9 +1.6分 8 224
英语 153.5 +1.2分 1 4,968
外国语言 153.3 +1.0分 9 203
lol菠菜网正规平台 151.9 -0.4分 4 793
文科 150.8 -1.5分 6 320
西班牙语 149.1 -3.2分 3 827

来源: Clemson University's 哲学 and Pre-法律 page

More good reasons for pre-law students to major in philosophy:

From the American Bar Association, 法律 as a Career:

An undergraduate should be aware that there is no particular course of study that is required or preferred by law schools. Accordingly, students from a wide variety 专业(e).g., philosophy, physics, political science, engineering, and business) are admitted to law schools each year. There is no true pre-law curriculum. Generally, a broad-based education that is rigorous and that stresses analytical and verbal communication skills will be useful.

From the 法律 School Admission Council's Official Guide to U.S. 法学院:

While no single curricular path is the ideal preparation for law school, you should choose courses that sharpen analytical reasoning and writing skills. 法学院更受欢迎 students who can think, read, and write well, and who have some understanding of what shapes human experience.

From Richard Posner (federal appellate judge and former law professor), Overcoming 法律. (Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 1995):

The methods of analytic philosophy and of legal reasoning--the making of careful distinctions and definitions, the determination of logical consistency through the construction and examination of hypothetical cases, the bringing of buried assumptions to the surface, the breaking up of a problem into manageable comp一个nts, the meticulous exploration of the implications of an opp一个nt's arguments--are mainly the same. (p. 9)

From the American Philosophical Association:

Intermediate to advanced courses in logic and in the general area of ethics, for instance political or social philosophy, philosophy of law, medical ethics, and business ethics, 非常有用. Epistemology, which examines standards of evidence, philosophy of mind, which bears on moral and legal responsibility, and philosophy of language, may also be of special benefit. 哲学 of science is particularly valuable for those intending to practice in the technological or scientific sectors.

Many philosophers and students of philosophy go to law school, and there are now many successful philosopher-lawyers. On the basis of information from law school faculty, from philosophers who have kept track of their students who have g一个 into the law, and from independent studies, it is clear that philosophical training tends to be of great value both in law school and in legal practice. Further, philosophers tend to do very well on the LSAT examination. A philosopher at a distinguished university noted that even their average graduate students in philosophy who transferred to law school usually did outstanding work as law students... The law is not only a career that interests many philosophers and philosophy students; it is also a field for which philosophical training is generally excellent preparation.