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1. www.aws.amherst.edu › academiclife › departmentsLaw, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought | Majors | Amherst College

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   Sep 5, 2024 · The Amherst Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought (LJST) department takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study, contextualization, and theorizing of law.

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     The Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought department takes...

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     We generally recommend that students who wish to study law...

2. www.amherst.edu › academiclife › departmentsThe Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought Major Program - Amherst

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   Upon completion of the LJST major, we expect our graduates to have attained a nuanced understanding of law as a subject of liberal inquiry, attending to the ways law combines moral argument, interpretive practice and force in regulating social life; to have learned the history and development of legal orders in the United States, while also coming ...

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   A major in Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought consists of a minimum of eleven courses. Offerings in the Department include courses in Legal Theory (these courses emphasize the moral and philosophical dimensions that inform legal life and link the study of law with the history of social and political thought), Interpretive Practices (these course...

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   The Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought department takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study, contextualization and theorizing of law. Students wishing to major in LJST must complete LJST 110 (Legal Theory) by the end of their sophomore year and before declaring their major. LJST is not a pre-law program: students wishing to apply to law ...

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   The Department awards Honors to seniors who have achieved distinction in their course work, whose independent projects are judged to be of honors quality, and who have a college-wide grade average of A- or above. Students with a college-wide grade point below an A- may petition to write an Honors Thesis. Students should begin to identify a suitable...

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   LJST is not a pre-law program designed to serve the needs of those contemplating careers in law. While medical schools have prescribed requirements for admission, there is no parallel in the world of legal education. Law schools generally advise students to obtain a broad liberal arts education; they are as receptive to students who major in physic...

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   Students may receive credit toward a major in LJST for up to two “related” courses from outside the Department (see list below) or for approved study abroad courses. In no case may those courses be used to satisfy the Analytic or Research Seminar requirements. COLQ-234: America's Death Penalty HIST-488: Riot and Rebellion in Colonial and Post-Colon...

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3. www.amherst.edu › academiclife › departmentsLaw, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought | Departments & Majors ...

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   We generally recommend that students who wish to study law with us begin by taking any of the several 100-level courses we offer. Prior to graduation, LJST majors are required to take LJST 103 (Legal Institutions), LJST 110 ( Intro to Legal Theory) and LJST 143 (Law’s History).

4. www.aws.amherst.edu › academiclife › departmentsLaw, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought About the Major

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   The Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought (LJST) places the study of law within the context of a liberal arts education. The Department offers courses that treat law as a historically evolving and culturally specific enterprise in which moral argument, distinctive interpretive practices, and force are brought to bear on the ...

5. www.aws.amherst.edu › academiclife › departmentsLaw, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought About the Department

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   Faculty in the Department of Law, Jurisprudence & Social Thought offer courses and a program of study that attend to the distinctive way law combines moral argument, rhetorical practices and force in regulating social life.

6. www.amherst.edu › academiclife › departmentsGetting Started in the Major | About the Major | Amherst College

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   Students wishing to major in LJST should begin with a mix of 100- and 200-level courses. We advise taking our required 100-level courses (LJST 103, 110, and 143) relatively early in one’s trajectory through the major, depending upon their availability in any given year.

7. careers.amherst.edu › resources › law-schoolLaw School Application Timeline – Amherst College | Loeb ...

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   Law school applications are not available until mid-August or September, so it is not possible to begin the process fully during the summer. However, you can do a number of things to get a head-start on the process. Review this Website and the Law School Admission Council’s information on Applying to Law School, especially the checklist!