Create a More Just World with Us
Webster University’s interdisciplinary faculty members in the Department of Law, Crime and Social Justice are committed to developing your critical thinking and analysis skills. Through our student-centered approach, we curate courses that examine structures of law. For example, we explore how assumptions about race affect crime, and how sex, gender, class and sexuality both reproduce and resist hierarchies of power. By graduation, our students cultivate real-world practical skills applicable to a growing number of careers in the criminal justice field.
Take Your Education Abroad
With campuses spanning three continents and students coming together from over 100 countries, our University’s reach and impact are unparalleled. Whether you’re a four-year undergraduate or balancing a career and master’s degree, study abroad experiences are accessible to all.
Undergraduate Programs
Law schools look for broadly-educated individuals who precisely communicate objectives and motives. Students select courses based on their own interests and abilities to earn an undergraduate degree with a focus on pre-law. Webster's academic advisors help Pre-Law students design a curriculum that reflects the recommendations for pre-legal education developed by the Association of American Law Schools.
Access the American Bar Association's webpage regarding prelaw education
Webster University is fully accredited by The Higher Learning Commission. The Legal
Studies degrees and paralegal certificates are approved by the American Bar Association
(ABA) and are the only ABA programs in the St. Louis area. The program is also a member
in good standing with the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE).
For the MA in Legal Studies program, there are special requirements to maintain American Bar Association (ABA) approval: Students must take at least nine semester hours of required Legal Specialty courses through synchronous instruction.
Note: A paralegal is a person, qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. Paralegals or legal assistants may not provide legal services directly to the public, except as permitted by law. Webster University's St. Louis area legal studies and paralegal programs have been approved by the American Bar Association.
“My degree will allow me to keep using my pen to write opinions on laws and policies and fight for a community that is often left behind, whether that is in social work or a federal probation office.”
BA in Criminology, ’22
At Webster, Your Education is Flexible and Portable.
Flexible
Five terms in an academic year make it easy to tailor your education to your life. Courses are offered in both semester and 8- or 9-week periods, and can consist of multiple modalities with our assortment of in person, hybrid, and online course options. Webster also offers a variety of degree, certificate, and non-degree programs.
Portable
For 40 years Webster has been building a network of campuses to serve local communities, now serving more than 13,000 students across various residential, metro, military and international locations. Our students can start their degree at one location and finish it at another, or seamlessly work on their degree while studying abroad.
Leader in Global Education
In addition to the main campus in St. Louis, Missouri, Webster's locations extend across the United States and abroad. Our innovative curriculum, state-of-the-art facilities and world-class faculty members offer a diverse learning environment and real-world experience for a well-rounded education.
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[Music fades in with text appearing over a photo of the St. Louis Arch.]
Text on screen: Welcome to Webster University
[Overhead shot of Webster Groves campus with fall leaves and students walking to class.]
Text on screen: and to our Global Campus Network
[A blue and black map of the world.]
Text on screen: Webster University’s Study Abroad Locations
Text on screen: Athens, Greece, Geneva Switzerland, Leiden, the Netherlands, Vienna, Austria
[Various photos of students at a historical site in Athens, aesthetic plants and the beachfront.]
Text on screen: Athens, Greece
[Photos of Geneva campus with mountains in the background, the campus dorms and a group student photo.]
Text on screen: Geneva, Switzerland
[Video of the Webster Leiden campus: multiple white and red buildings, a Webster Leiden flag, and a moving photo of students posing.]
Text on screen: Leiden, the Netherlands
[A photo of the Vienna campus, a large white building. A timelapse of the bustling city and a photo of three diverse students hanging out.
Text on screen: Vienna, Austria
[There is big, bold text in the middle of a photo collage.]
Text on screen: A Leader in GLOBAL EDUCATION
[One of the pieces of the collage mentions Webster’s WINS program and the photos slide out of frame.]
Text on screen: Webster University, WINS (Webster International Network of Schools)
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Text on screen: Webster’s Global Campuses EXPAND STUDY ABROAD for universities & students.
[The text is replaced by a fast-paced photo slideshow. The first photo is five students posing at the Athens campus, sitting on a railing with the sunset behind them. A student takes a photo with their camera phone.]
[A photo of six dance majors posing in the hallway with arms and legs outstretched. A student taking a photo of mountains and water, equipped with camera and hiking gear. A Vienna student bounces a ball on their knee.]
[A brief video of tourists and students at the Acropolis. A photo of a student posing with Greece behind them. A snippet of another video of a windmill in Leiden and cyclists crossing a bridge.]
[The photo slideshow continues. A photo of three students talking with old architecture behind them. A Gorlok poses with a student at an event.]
[Footage of a graduation ceremony at Webster Leiden. Students throw their caps in the air as the video fades to a blue screen.]
Text on screen: Webster University
[Ending video footage of the St. Louis campus.]
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