The Pre-Law program is an area major designed to afford qualified students a broad-based liberal arts education integrated with coursework in business, economics, and accounting.  Though mastery of content in such courses will develop students’ appreciation for the complex interrelationships of society and its institutions, an equally important strategy in this major is to equip students with the fundamental skills in writing, analysis, and oral communication so indispensable for effective performance both in law school and in the legal profession.  A brief description of the role these skills assume in legal training will help students focus on the strategic relationship between the requirements of the major and graduate legal education.