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The Master of Legal Studies program is designed to build greater public understanding of law and the legal system, to provide graduates with the ability to apply knowledge and skill gained to performing their jobs more effectively and/or pursue further career opportunities, and to provide private and public sector organizations the benefit of enhanced expertise of their employees. The program is a graduate program of study designed for professionals practicing in areas such as human relations, criminal and juvenile justice, journalism, social work, regulatory agencies, business, and other professionals who work with, though not necessarily in, the legal system. This is neither a “pre-law" program nor a paralegal program. Neither does it prepare graduates to practice law.

The Master of Legal Studies program is one of the academic programs offered within the Division of Public Administration located in the School of Applied Social Sciences. It operates as a closed cohort program with admission of a new cohort each January. The program is an online graduate education program.