OVERVIEW OF THE LAW & SOCIETY PROGRAM
The Law & Society program is an undergraduate, interdisciplinary Honours program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies that examines law in its broader social and cultural context. It is one of the oldest and largest such legal studies programs in North America with an over 30-year history and approximately 1,000 Majors. Our faculty brings a range of interdisciplinary expertise and training to the classroom and draw from fields as diverse as anthropology, history, philosophy, law, sociology, criminology and political science.
The goals of the Law & Society program are to promote the intellectual importance of the study of Law & Society, and law in society; to provide a framework within which students may explore different approaches to law using interdisciplinary resources as well as international and comparative perspectives; to equip students with critical skills for socio-legal study and research; and to sharpen a view of law as implicated in the everyday life of students. The program must be seen within the context of a liberal arts undergraduate education. It is designed for interested undergraduate students, whatever their future career orientation.
While some of our students will plan to go on to law school, we in Law & Society distinguish sharply between law as a vocation or profession, and law as an object of interdisciplinary study. In turn, many of our students will also choose to follow up our program with a graduate degree in a related field of the social sciences, humanities or public policy and administration studies. Some will also choose to go on to acquire additional qualifications in Legal Assistant, Conflict Mediation or Court and Tribunal Administration programs offered at various community colleges. Others still will pursue careers focused on social justice, education or journalism. .
LAW SCHOOL
The
Law and Society Program is part of the Faculty of Arts. Applicants
seeking admission to law school should verify the admission
requirements of each law school under consideration to ensure
any and all pre-requisites are met. Requirements for admission
to law schools are set by each school and usually include
an undergraduate degree in any subject and an appropriate
score on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).
More information
is available at www.osgoode.yorku.ca.
Richard Weisman
Graduate Program Director, Socio-Legal Studies
Associate Professor of Law & Society
S 733 Ross Bldg
York University
416-736-5054
http://www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/graduate/
programs/Socio_Legal_Studies/ |
