Legal Studies Requirements
35 – 36 credits (24 credits in required courses, 3 credits in a procedure course, 2-3 credits in a substantive law course and 6 credits
from two of three groups) to include:
Law, Citizenship and Civic
Engagement
Contemporary Issues in Law and
Society
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Methods of Legal Research and
Writing
U.S. Constitutional Law, Part I
LSTU 451
U.S. Constitutional Law, Part II –
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
3
LSTU 485
OR
LSTU 499
Internship
Independent Research/Applied
3
1-3
Legal Procedures courses (3 credits required):
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
Substantive Law courses (choose one; students are strongly encouraged to take more of these courses as
electives):
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
Personal Injury and Workers’
Compensation
Courses in two of three groups (6 credits required; LSTU majors must take atleast one course denoted below as
requiring a term paper)
Group 1: Legal Theory and Practice
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
Great Legal Trials: Stories
that Changed Law