Eastern Mennonite University

Pre-law

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Pre-lawWhere does your vision lead?

A pre-law minor builds on two EMU strengths: liberal arts studies and cross-cultural sensitivity.

At EMU, a small Christian liberal arts college dedicated to Anabaptist and Mennonite values of peacebuilding and service, students are encouraged to travel in thought and deed and cross the boundaries that separate one culture from another.

Whether in class, or during cross-cultural studies, or through pre-law internships, students come to know themselves even as they learn to hear and consider the thoughts of others.

Students learn to understand and articulate contending positions  – key skills necessary in crafting the laws of society in a diverse world. This education can occur as far away as Vietnam or as near as a local immigrant community.

Join Res Judicata,
EMU's student law society

In the law, "res judicata" means that which is settled. At EMU, our vision is settled. It is informed by Micah 6:8 – to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.

Res Judicata invites speakers, hosts debates, scopes out internships, helps students prepare to enter and finance graduate school, and thus realize extraordinary visions.

Pre-law and Res Judicata complement EMU's emphases on service, cross-cultural studies, and global concerns such as peace and security and human rights – all grounded in a faith-based approach to vocational choices.

If this is your vision, let us hear from you. Come visit EMU!

The first of its kind ...

EMU is the first North American Mennonite institution to offer a pre-law minor and a student law society, Res Judicata. Professors and students approach the subject through inter-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and cross-border skills and experiences.

Through courses in logic, ethics, human rights, political studies, theology, business, and JPCS (justice, peace and conflict studies), we examine how law positively shapes our lives.

Students also complete a semester- or summer-long internship. One option is to live in D.C., take courses at EMU’s Washington Community Scholars’ Center, and combine this with a Capitol Hill internship.

Available to anyone ...

The pre-law minor is housed in the department of history but available to students in any major. Pair your major with a pre-law minor and internship to journey toward these vocations: