Pre Law Studies
This program is recognized as part of the California State Bar and California Community College State Chancellor’s office Pathway to Law School initiative. Typically students transfer to a four year university where they earn a bachelor degree before they apply to law school.
Career paths and opportunities for lawyers are endless. A law degree can be used in traditional legal employment, non-traditional legal employment and non-legal employment.
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A few careers you might consider with a law degree:
- Lawyer
- Judge
- Mediator
- Paralegal
- Secretary
- Consultant
- Educator
- Corporate attorney
- Court administrator
- Governmental administrator
- Politician
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It gave me a competitive edge to say I began at a community college, as opposed to starting out at a university because, it was different from the other applicants.Mauricio Flores
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