Pre-Law Related Major: History

Read complex texts to understand how arguments are made and supported.
Craft exceptional writing samples.
Pursue a concentration in Law, Politics, & Social Justice.
Enroll in HIS 401 seminar class, the capstone course in History focusing entirely on research, public speaking and writing, while satisfying the SBC requirements WRTD, SPK and EXP+.
Study and talk with professors who teach and do research on topics that are interesting to students.
Several of our faculty members have served as expert witnesses in high profile court cases.

Pre-Law Society; consider participating in the mock-trial program
History Club
Publishes the student-run journal, The Stony Brook Undergraduate History Journal; also hosts debates on contemporary topics)
URECA - year-long independent research project
One- or two-semester independent research project opportunities

Courses that our students have found beneficial, especially as first-year law school students, include:

Course	Title
HIS 301:	Reading and Writing History
HIS 314:	Indigenous-Settler Relations in the U.S.
HIS 325:	Civil Rights and Black Power
HIS 331:	Immigration in American History
HIS 365:	Environmental History of North America
HIS 366:	Carceral Studies: Histories of Policing, Prisons, and Surveillance
HIS 371:	Law and Society in American History, 1620-1877
HIS 374:	Surveillance State: A History of U.S. Domestic Spying
HIS 401:	Research Seminar in History

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