A legal education for the non-lawyer
Law is one of the core foundational principles of society. It intersects and intertwines with nearly every aspect of daily life. While attorneys play large roles in those arenas, there is an increasing need for workers with specialized legal knowledge to do their everyday jobs without investing in a traditional three-year law degree.
Enter the Master of Legal Studies
Consider the HR officer who deals with issues around employment law, discrimination, and contracts; the small business owner who needs to understand regulatory compliance, risk management, and more to ensure their organizations are operating within legal boundaries; or the educational administrator navigating issues of education law, freedom of speech, or contracts.
Each one of these areas—and more—engage with legal concepts every day.
There is growing recognition that, while businesses and other workplaces increasingly require team members with specialized legal knowledge to solve or avoid real-world problems, that does not always mean they need more lawyers.
The Indiana University Maurer School of Law, one of the nation's top public law schools, invites you to join its inaugural MLS cohort.