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