{"id":4088,"date":"2022-01-22T05:19:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T10:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/?page_id=4088"},"modified":"2024-01-19T09:23:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:23:28","slug":"pre-law-faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/student-success-center\/learning\/pre-law-advising\/pre-law-faq\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Law FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Pre-Law Advising Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/learning\/pre-law-advising\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Pre-Law Advising<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/learning\/pre-law-advising\/pre-law-faq\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Pre-Law FAQ<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/learning\/pre-law-advising\/four-year-plan\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Four-Year Plan<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/learning\/pre-law-advising\/pre-law-society\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Pre-Law Society<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/learning\/pre-law-advising\/lsat-information\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >LSAT Information &amp; Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/learning\/pre-law-advising\/personal-statement\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Law School Personal Statement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/learning\/pre-law-advising\/letters-of-recommendation\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Letters of Recommendation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/learning\/pre-law-advising\/law-scholar-award\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Law Scholar Award<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-Law FAQ<\/h1>\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-65aa85e01f5a7-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='block_acf-block-65aa85e01f5a7_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-65aa85e01f5a7-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\tDoes Butler have a &#8220;pre-law&#8221; major?\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-65aa85e01f5a7-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_open.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='true'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-65aa85e01f5a7-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-65aa85e01f5a7-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\"><p>No. Few undergraduate institutions offer a pre-law major, because a well-rounded, liberal arts education provides students the opportunity to develop their analytical and critical reasoning skills, which are essential to any successful attorney.<\/p><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-65aa85e01f5a7-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lsac.org\/jd\/lsat\/about-the-lsat\">LSAT<\/a>\u00a0) is a half-day standardized test required for admission to all 202 law schools that are members of the Law School Admission Council (<a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lsac.org\/\">LSAC<\/a>). It provides a standard measure of acquired reading and verbal reasoning skills that law schools can use as one of several factors in assessing applicants.<\/p><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-65aa85e01f5c8-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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