Knowledge of the law and legal systems is important for people in many walks of life: social workers, librarians, insurance executives, public administrators, union representatives, legislative liaisons, lobbyists, law enforcement officials, court administrators, historians, political scientists, auditors, hospital administrators, association executives, personnel administrators, human resource consultants, operations researchers, and Ph.D. candidates, to name a few.
Many professionals need to understand what the legal system is, how it works, how it interrelates with social change, and how it assists people in asserting their rights. Legal studies provides the professional and scholarly skills necessary for a general understanding of the law as well as for law-related careers, law school, or further graduate level study.
