The pre-law program at Drury is structured according to the recommendations from American Bar Association approved law schools. These recommendations include the following:

1. Students should major in an academic subject that interests them. Law schools discourage any specific pre-law or legal studies major.

2. Law schools seek students who excel in writing and speaking skills and who demonstrate ability to think analytically, logically and creatively.

3. Law schools expect students in their undergraduate work to cultivate an understanding of the cultural underpinnings of the social and political environment in which the law operates. The Drury Global Perspectives 21 Program provides students the tools for such understanding.

Recommened Courses Include:

ACCT 209: Principles of Accounting (recommended by some law schools)
COMM 351: Persuasive Communication
COMM 422: Argumentation and Advocacy
COMM 442: Rhetorical Criticism
ECON 201: Basic Economic Theory
ENGL 207: Expository Writing: Art of the Essay
HIST 101: Survey of United States History I
HIST 102: Survey of United States History II
PHIL 100: Introduction to Logic
PHIL 200: Classical Problems in Philosophy
PLSC 101: Government and Politics in the United States
PLSC 212: State and Local Government
PLSC 283: American Social & Political Thought
PLSC 335: Constitutional Law
PSYC 101: Introduction to Psychology
SOCI 101: Introduction to Sociology

Students interested in international law are strongly encouraged to take an additional year of a foreign language beyond the general education requirement.