Degree Requirements
- 45 required credit hours
- 27 general education credit hours
- 56 elective credit hours
Students are required to complete 45 credit hours, including LEGL 4620 Overview. The 45 credit hours, at least 18 of which must be taken at Webster University, must include the following:
Law - 30 credit hours including:
- POLT 3010 American Constitutional Law or POLT 3020 Civil Liberties and the Law 3 hours
- LEGL 2080 Topics in Law or INTL 2030 International Law 3 hours
- LEGL 2400 or POLT 2400 Introduction to Law 3 hours
- LEGL 3000 Legal Ethics 3 hours
- LEGL 4100 Advanced Paralegal Procedures 3 hours
- LEGL 4460 Methods of Legal Research and Writing I 3 hours
- LEGL 4470 Methods of Legal Research and Writing II 3 hours
- LEGL 4480 Computerized Legal Research 3 hours
- LEGL 4800 Advanced Topics in Law 6 hours
Additional courses —15 credit hours including:
- INTL 1500 The World System Since 1500 3–4 hours
- POLT 1060 Introduction to American Politics 3 hours
- POLT 1070 Introduction to Political Theory or HIST 3000 Ideas in History: History of Economic Thought 3 hours
- HIST 1320 Twentieth-Century United States
- The following may be substituted:
- HIST 1010 (with U.S. survey subtitle)
- HIST 1300 Revolutionary America
- HIST 1310 Nineteenth-Century America 3 hours
- LEGL 4620 Overview 3 hours
Note: A major in legal studies does not qualify students to sit for a bar examination, practice law, or give legal advice. Webster University's St. Louis area paralegal programs have been approved by the American Bar Association. The Kansas City program has not applied for and, therefore, is not currently approved by the American Bar Association.
Special Requirements
Courses completed with a grade of C- or below do not count toward fulfilling the specific course requirements of the major.