哲学和法律预科

Many different majors at 犹他谷大学 can offer students great preparation for law school, particularly those in the humanities and social sciences that emphasize clear and effective written and oral communication skills. It would be difficult to argue, though, that any major is superior to 哲学 in developing skills not only of great value for students studying law, but unlike many majors, developing skills that will put students at 这是准备法学院入学考试的真正优势. The great hero of the western philosophical tradition Socrates famously said with regard to his own life dedicated to the pursuit of 哲学 that the greatest good for a person is to discuss virtue every day, and those other things about which you hear me conversing and testing myself and 其他人, for the unexamined life is not worth living. In 哲学, we converse, test, and examine 我们自己, our views, our beliefs, and the views and beliefs of 其他人, in the pursuit of the truth and of wisdom. We try to examine complex issues from many different perspectives, and evaluate those competing views. What better way to prepare for the practice of law?

If you do choose to major in 哲学 as preparation for law school, you will be in fine company! 从皮特·布蒂吉格到英国前首相戴维·卡梅伦； from Supreme Court Justices Steven Breyer and David Souter, to the first female, and longest serving Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court Beverley McLachlin, from giants of civic and public service such as member of the US House of Representatives and civil rights icon the late John Lewis, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, to 'founding father' Thomas Jefferson; all used their education in 哲学 as a foundation to build their careers and life work upon, in crafting, practicing, and adjudicating law and jurisprudence in the United States and around the world. Many of our UVU 哲学 majors have gone on to study at prestigious law schools themselves, like Courtney Whittier法学博士，南加州大学古尔德法学院.