This minor is an excellent opportunity for students planning to apply to law school or graduate school and students planning careers in fields like social work, non-profit administration, community organizing, or business and social entrepreneurship.

The minor in Law and Society draws on an interdisciplinary approach to the study of law and legal institutions and their impact on society and vice versa.

Students pursuing this minor study origins, actors, institutional frameworks, cultural development, and theoretical foundations of law as it relates to society.

The interdisciplinary study of law and society draws from the insights and tools of various social science and humanities disciplines including sociology, criminology, anthropology, social work, and political science.