Pre-Law
Pre-law is not an academic major. At MacMurray, students headed for law school work with the pre-law advisor to select a major that will maximize the students' chances for getting into law school and prepare them for the area of the law in which they are most interested. Law school admissions committees are looking for students with excellent grades in any rigorous major. A student interested in environmental law may choose to major in biology. A student interested in tax law would choose accounting. Majors in areas such as history, English, political science, and philosophy are always attractive to law schools because of their emphasis on writing and analysis.
Internships
Students may elect to do an internship for college credit with an area attorney.
Selected Alumni
- Gene Emmons '04
University of Tulsa College of Law, class of 2008 - Jessica Olson '02
Northern Illinois University, College of Law, class of 2005 - Tim Bjork '01
DePaul College of Law, class of 2004 - Marec Edgar '98
2001 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law
Practicing in Quincy, Illinois with the firm of Schmiedeskamp, Robertson, Neu, and Mitchell - David Searby '96
2001 graduate of Southern Illinois University's College of Law
Practicing in DuQuoin, Illinois with the Kurt E. Harris Law Firm - Matt Smith '95
'98 Graduate Arizona State University Law School
Currently a college professor at South Mountain College in Mesa, Arizona
Links
American Bar Association statement on preparing for law school
Law School Admission Council
