{"id":11558,"date":"2022-03-27T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T22:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=11558"},"modified":"2022-03-27T18:00:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T22:00:48","slug":"student-interest-in-elizabethtown-college-pre-law-program-grows-amidst-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2022\/03\/27\/student-interest-in-elizabethtown-college-pre-law-program-grows-amidst-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Interest in Elizabethtown College Pre-Law Program Grows Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Student interest in Elizabethtown College\u2019s Pre-Law Program has significantly grown during the COVID-19 pandemic, similar to national studies cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2022\/03\/17\/student-interest-law-school-grew-during-pandemic\">Inside Higher Ed<\/a>. Applications have increased for the past three consecutive years in Etown\u2019s School of Public Service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/03\/PoliSci-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11559 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/03\/PoliSci-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/03\/PoliSci-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/03\/PoliSci-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/03\/PoliSci-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/03\/PoliSci-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/03\/PoliSci-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/03\/PoliSci-2048x1371.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/03\/PoliSci-1080x723.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur pre-law program at Etown is designed to be versatile and flexible for students entering majors in Political Science, Criminal Justice, Legal Studies, Communications, and Public Health, which all provide students with the critical thinking, communication, and logical reasoning skills that prepare them to enter law school,\u201d Elizabethtown College School of Public Service Dean April Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p>According to an article published by Inside Higher Ed, student interest in law studies is due to an increase in efforts toward improving social justice and a competitive job market in the career pathway. Additionally, law schools are showing a boost in enrollment.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhat sets Elizabethtown College\u2019s program apart from others is that we offer the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) preparation course to students without an extra fee,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cThis is unique compared to our competitors and it highlights our investment in students seeking a career in law. As a result, our graduates have routinely enrolled in the nation\u2019s top law schools.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Elizabethtown College\u2019s Pre-Law program benefits include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dedicated Pre-Law Advisors from a variety of disciplines.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Free LSAT Prep course taught by a LSAT instructor.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Automatic acceptance to Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Duquesne University School of Law, Widener University Delaware Law School, or Widener University Commonwealth Law School through our Law Early Acceptance Program (LEAP).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Discover more about Elizabethtown College\u2019s Pre-Law program at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/depts\/interdisciplinary-programs\/pre-law\/index.aspx\">etown.edu<\/a> or register to visit us for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/admissions\/visit\/openhouse.aspx\">on-campus Open House<\/a> on Saturday, April 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student interest in Elizabethtown College\u2019s Pre-Law Program has significantly grown during the COVID-19 pandemic, similar to national studies cited by Inside Higher Ed. Applications have increased for the past three consecutive years in Etown\u2019s School of Public Service. \u201cOur pre-law program at Etown is designed to be versatile and flexible for students entering majors in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":9597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,178],"tags":[1279,1503,508,293,982,1504],"class_list":["post-11558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-achievements","tag-criminal-justice","tag-law","tag-legal-studies","tag-political-science","tag-pre-law-program","tag-school-of-public-service","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11560,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11558\/revisions\/11560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}