Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Law] From Champlain College

Early on, your classes will provide you with a rigorous and highly analytical foundation in subjects such as criminal law, contract law, torts, civil procedure, and family law. Later, you will learn more specialized areas of the law such as wills, trusts, and estates; business organizations; evidence; constitutional law, and legal ethics. Throughout your program, you'll research, write and give presentations on challenging, complex areas of the most cutting-edge civil and criminal legal issues that affect today's society domestically and globally.?

Champlain's Law program is one of the most focused and practical majors in the country and will give you the foundation of knowledge and skills you need to be a valued legal professional or to prepare you to go on to a top-tier law school.

By the time you complete the academic and internship requirements for your Law degree, you will be able to:

• Interpret and explain the elements of a legal argument or question.

• Analyze the structural connections between the component parts of a legal argument or question to determine which areas of law are relevant.

• Evaluate the credibility, reliability or relevance of legal authority to determine if it applies to the legal issues.

• Synthesize a response based upon interpretation, analysis and evaluation of legal issues and relevant authority.