Students might find the following courses helpful in preparation for law school. Other courses in Wooster's curriculum also provide valuable skills, and none of the following are required.

Jurisprudence: Law and Society (Philosophy 210): Introduction to the philosophical study of law as a basis for regulating human behavior and the natural law tradition of jurisprudence, legal realism, legal positivism, and constitutional interpretation.

The Constitutional Law of Civil Rights (Political Science 213): Examines the development and institutionalization of civil rights for racial, ethnic, religious, gender, and class groups in America through the Supreme Court.

Constitutional Interpretation and Civil Liberties (Political Science 214): Examines the rule of law, the nature of constitutional law, and the role of the Supreme Court in the interpretation and development of civil liberties.

Argumentation and Persuasion (Communication 252): Examines both the theoretical and pragmatic aspects of argumentation as they relate to decision-making and the persuasion of both self and others in both written and oral form.

Political Rhetoric (Communication 254): Examines the role that rhetoric plays in defining and resolving political issues, and also briefly studies the law of public communication.

Principles of Economics (Economics 101): An introductory study of the fundamental principles of the operation of the market system, the determination of national income, and the role of money in the economy.

Ethics, Justice and Society (Philosophy 100): Introduce the practice of doing philosophy. Focus upon questions relating to ethics and political philosophy, and address methods of argumentation and critical reasoning.

Logic and Philosophy (Philosophy 220): Examine the development of formal logic from categorical logic to sentential and predicate logic. The course also evaluates the nature of formal logical systems and the philosophical issues related to them.

Public Speaking (Communication 152): Study and practice of the fundamentals of public speaking.

Ethical Theory (Philosophy 311): Examine and compare the main theories of ethics: utilitarianism, Kant’s Ethics, virtue theory, feminist ethics, and moral cognitivism. Foundations or moral principles will be the focus of this course.

Introduction to United States National Politics (Political Science 110): An introduction to the major governmental institutions and processes in the United States, and the political forces that continue to shape them.

The Politics of Public Policy (Political Science 203): Analysis of the nature of the policy-making process with an emphasis on the interactions among various individual and institutional actors involved at all levels of the U.S. federal system.

Introduction to Psychology (Psychology 100): Introduction to psychological theory, research, and methods. Includes basic neurological processes, principles of learning and cognition, individual differences in personality, intelligence, and mental health, and social influences on behavior.

The Sociological Perspective (Sociology 100): Sociological principles and the methods of investigation and their relationship to the major issues in society such as social change, social class, urbanization, and intergroup relations.

Deviance and Criminology (Sociology 213): Analysis of deviant and criminal behavior and a general overview and assessment of major agencies that comprise the criminal justice system.

Chemistry and the World in Which We Live: Forensic Science (Chemistry 102): Law enforcement techniques such as DNA typing, fingerprint identification, drug/explosives detection, and fiber analysis are explored. Drawing on examples from true crime investigations underlying scientific principles of forensic techniques are discussed.

Law and Economics (Economics 263): Examination of law and legal institutions from the perspective of economics. Economics is used to explain aspects of common and statute law, and legal cases illustrate economic concepts.

The Theory and Practice of Law (IDPT 250): Examines basic principles of the Western legal tradition and their incorporation into the U.S. Constitutional framework from an interdisciplinary perspective. Incorporating historical, philosophical, ethical, rhetorical, and political perspectives, the course will analyze how the theory and practice of law are connected to fundamental issues of individual freedom, social order, justice, fairness, scarcity, and human rights. Students will investigate the historical underpinnings of the American legal system, contemporary legal debates, and ethical and political problems that arise within the U.S. Constitutional system.