Social Scientists, Other For information about careers in political science, contact either of the following American political science Association, 1527 New Hampshire Ave. http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos054.htm
Extractions: Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook www.bls.gov OOH Search/A-Z Index BLS Home Get Detailed Statistics ... Find It! In DOL Printer-friendly version ( HTML PDF Nature of the Work Working Conditions Employment Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement ... Sources of Additional Information Nature of the Work About this section Back to Top The major social science occupations covered in this statement include anthropologists, archaeologists, geographers, historians, political scientists, and sociologists. ( Economists market and survey researchers psychologists , and urban and regional planners are covered elsewhere in the Handbook Research is a major activity of many social scientists, who use various methods to assemble facts and construct theories. Applied research usually is designed to produce information that will enable people to make better decisions or manage their affairs more effectively. Interviews and surveys are widely used to collect facts, opinions, or other information. Information collection takes many forms, including living and working among the population being studied; performing field investigations; analyzing historical records and documents; experimenting with human or animal subjects in a laboratory; administering standardized tests and questionnaires; and preparing and interpreting maps and computer graphics. The work of specialists in social science varies greatly, although specialists in one field may find that their research overlaps work being conducted in another discipline.
Santa Barbara City College - Political Science of political science courses help prepare students for specific careers. Oneunit course taught by a local attorney, prosecutor or judge intended to http://www.sbcc.cc.ca.us/politicalscience/
Extractions: ENTER POLITICAL SCIENCE WEBSITE POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SCIENCE The study of politics is the study of how people are governed and how they govern themselves. We examine the process by which scarce resources are allocated to an expanding population with ever-increasing demands. We look at American politics as an experience in self-government and realize that our system is quite different from the political systems developed by Russia or the Peoples Republic of China and also different from other Western democracies. We examine these differences and attempt to understand something about the degree to which one system works better than another. A number of political science courses help prepare students for specific careers. For example, political science is often used as a prelaw major or for other related professions, such as careers in government at the federal, state or local levels. Our discipline is also appropriate for a number of other nongovernment professions and our faculty invite your questions about such opportunities.
Extractions: with a Pre-Law Concentration Law schools are looking for applicants who have sound undergraduate academic preparation, good score on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), evidence of leadership ability, and who are very likely to complete law school once admitted. Law schools want to see solid, basic courses covering a broad range of subjects on a student's transcript. They prefer to teach the law courses and therefore want a good foundation on which to build. The Pre-Law program at MTSU draws on the special talents of several departments, which add to a basic program of government study in the Political Science Department. Courses in speech, logic, economics, and Legal Research and Writing have been included in the Pre-Law requirements because of their valuable assistance to students. Pre-Law professors keep in close touch with law schools in order to know when the requirements need to be changed.
Extractions: UNT Home Undergraduate Majors and Interests College of Arts and Sciences (800) UNT-8211 www.unt.edu E-mail: undergrad@unt.edu Phone: (940) 565-2681 Fax: (940) 565-2408 TTY: (940) 369-8652 University of North Texas Undergraduate Admissions P.O. Box 311277 Denton, Texas 76203-1277 www.psci.unt.edu E-mail: meaders@unt.edu Denton, Texas 76203-5340 Undergraduate Majors and Interests College of Arts and Sciences AA/EOE/ADA Last update: September 6, 2005 Comments, suggestions or corrections for this site: ucmweb2@unt.edu A bachelor's degree with a major in political science will prepare you for many careers in government service, politics and private industry within the United States and abroad. You may become a lobbyist in Washington, D.C.; work in a citizens' advocacy group; manage a non-profit association; or enter the foreign service, the State Department or the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Because our undergraduate program also trains students to be analytical and to become problem solvers, many alumni of the department fill management positions in private businesses or own their own companies.
Circuit Judges Career Highlights As Attorney City Attorney for Albion and West Salem, IL; Education BA political science, Southern Illinois University -Carbondale http://www.illinoissecondcircuit.info/html/circuit_judges.html
Extractions: Illinois Second Judicial Circuit Circuit Judges may hear any case assigned to them by the Chief Judge. Circuit Judges are elected for a term of six years. Judges must devote full time to their judicial duties. They may not practice law, hold a position of profit, hold any other office under the United States, this state, unit of local government, or school district, or hold office in any political party. David M. Correll Education: B.A. Purdue University 1969; J.D. Indiana University 1974 Retained: 1992, 1998 Larry D. Dunn - no biography available Don A. Foster - no biography available David K. Frankland Education: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 1966-1970 BA with major in government and minor in history; University of Missouri, Columbia, 1970-1973, JD; Admitted to Illinois Bar 1973.
UMBC Department Of Political Science - Legal Internship The UMBC Law Society, composed of alumni who are lawyers and judges, Department of political science, University of Maryland Baltimore County. http://www.umbc.edu/politicalsci/internships/legal.htm
Extractions: SITE CONTENTS DEPARTMENT HOME FACULTY and STAFF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS LIST of COURSES ... LINKS LEGAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM The legal internship program places selected students with various judges and attorneys. Recent placements have included several Circuit Court judges, Law firms, the State's Attorney's Office, the Public Defenders Office, the Governor's Office, the House of Ruth, and a Power Supply Association. In their field work, students have learned various professional skills including legal case-research, interviewing, drafting, negotiation, mediation, advocacy, etc. This program also gives students insight into the administration of justice, and into the relationship of courts to other institutions, electorate, and to individuals. (Scroll down for application.) LEGAL INTERNSHIP FAQs Where have interns been placed in recent years? With several Circuit Court judges; several law firms; a Power Supply Association; Legal Aid; the Tenants Project; the House of Ruth; the State's Attorney's Office; the Public Defenders Office; the Governor's Office; the Attorney General's Office (Consumer Protection; Health; Securities; Education). Available placements will be known by the December 6, 2002 orientation class.
SFSU Political Science Undergraduate Program Public service is another common career objective. political science majors Members also invite local lawyer, judges, and legal scholars to campus as http://www.sfsu.edu/~puboff/programs/undergrad/polisci.htm
Extractions: Undergraduate study in Political Science is designed to develop knowledge, analytical skills, and critical insight into the nature of politics and political problems. The aim is to prepare students for active engagement in political life, whether as informed citizens or through involvement in the issues of political life that have absorbed political thinkers and actors throughout the ages; as well as to equip students with the most contemporary skills for research, analysis and policymaking. Knowledge of public life, of things political in general, is an essential part of the liberal education of every informed citizen. Many of our students study politics for the sheer interest of it ideologies and values, politics abroad, American politics, political conflict, public policy. They study politics because of their fascination with the subject matter. For those students, career preparation is secondary or accomplished outside the major. Many students shape majors in Political Science to prepare themselves for particular vocations or supplement major programs in other areas with a minor in Political Science. Others design pre-law programs with faculty guidance, building upon the department's offerings in American government and public law.
UM LAWYER- Why Law School? Some of Mississippi s best attorneys volunteer to judge the board s The Enterprise native and Yale University political science graduate says success http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/law_school/UM LAWYER/UMlaw/whylawschool.htm
Extractions: "Compelling arguments," says Sherlock Grigsby, president of the 2002-03 Law School Student Body. Grigsby counters that the "crux of what makes our law school one of the best in the nation" is the combination of educational opportunities and the Law School's history of turning out graduates well-prepared to practice law in the real world.
ASIL- Career Essays careers in International Law Judge Stephen M. Schwebel is widely taught in the law faculties of the world and in many faculties of political science. http://www.asil.org/careers/careeressays.html
Extractions: Judge Stephen M. Schwebel A result of this modern explosion of international law-making has been the transformation of the practice of international law. While at the turn of the 19 th There is the old saying that those who can, do; those who can't teach. A third career in international law is the academic. Many of the most distinguished international lawyers of the Twentieth Century have been professors of international law, who have made great contributions not only to the theory, but also to the practice of international law. There are few fields in the law that offer more scope for the creativity of the individual than international law. There are few fields in the law that offer more of a challenge to the individual of idealism and commitment than international law. Practice before the International Court of Justice draws mainly from the offices of the legal advisers of the litigant States. Since only States may be parties to contentious cases before the Court, and only public international organizations may request advisory opinions, it is natural that most of the lawyers who plead before the Court come from the legal offices of those States and international organizations. But those offices often reach out to faculties of law and to the bar for support. There is no "World Court Bar" but there is a band of international lawyers who recurrently argue before the Court who are retained by a variety of States because of their eminence as international lawyers and because of their experience in the Court.
News Releases 21, 2005) The conversations between lawyers and judges aren t always the or it isn t, said CSUN junior Jonathan Corcoran, a political science major. http://www.csun.edu/pubrels/press_releases/spring05/judge.html
Extractions: CSUN Students Unusual Insight Into the Law (NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Feb. 21, 2005) The conversations between lawyers and judges aren't always the easiest to follow, nor is the courtroom action as exciting as an episode of "Law and Order." But as one Cal State Northridge student put it, a semester in the university's judicial internship program can be a life changing experience. "Law is not as exciting as it is on television and going through this program will scare you straight one way or the othereither law is for you or it isn't," said CSUN junior Jonathan Corcoran, a political science major. "This internship showed me what practicing law is really like and gave me insight into whether I have the skills to do it or not. I would recommend it to anyone who is even thinking about going into law. It's an eye-opening experience." The judicial internship program is a unique collaborative arrangement between Northridge's Department of Political Science and the Los Angeles County Superior Courts in the San Fernando Valley. Each semester for the past 15 years, the program has assigned approximately 15 students to judges, either civil or criminal, in the Van Nuys, Chatsworth and San Fernando courthouses. The students then spend a semester shadowing the judges as they hear motions, conference with attorneys, weigh briefs and preside over trials.
Law Reviews And Law Journals attorneys around the world recognize The International Lawyer as one of the the SMU Departments of Economics and political science, and the Centre for http://www.law.smu.edu/lawschool/scholar.shtm
Extractions: Intellectual Property Symposium Opportunities exist for students to participate in the publication of four law reviewsthe SMU Law Review , the Journal of Air Law and Commerce , the International Lawyer , and the Law and Business Review of the Americas and in the State Bar of Texas' Computer Law Review and Technology Journal The SMU Law Review The Journal of Air Law and Commerce The International Lawyer The International Lawyer is the official quarterly publication of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law and Practice . The ABA published the inaugural issue in 1966 and SMU has been the proud home of this prestigious journal since 1986. Since then, The International Lawyer has grown to become the most widely distributed U.S. international law review in the world, enjoying subscriptions of over 17,000 readers (second only to the Harvard Law Review) in more than 75 countries. In an effort to satisfy its worldwide readership, this publication focuses primarily on practical issues of international law, including international trade, licensing, direct investment, finance, taxation, litigation, and dispute resolution. Attorneys around the world recognize The International Lawyer as one of the most authoritative sources of practical and academic information affecting international law and practice.
Extractions: "Law is not as exciting as it is on television and going through this program will scare you straight one way or the othereither law is for you or it isn't," said CSUN junior Jonathan Corcoran, a political science major. "This internship showed me what practicing law is really like and gave me insight into whether I have the skills to do it or not. I would recommend it to anyone who is even thinking about going into law. It's an eye-opening experience." Each semester for the past 15 years, the program has assigned approximately 15 students to judges, either civil or criminal, in the Van Nuys, Chatsworth and San Fernando courthouses. The students then spend a semester shadowing the judges as they hear motions, conference with attorneys, weigh briefs and preside over trials.
Philosophy At ISU - Lawyers While, like many prelaw students, I majored in political science, too, She will supervise all Army trial judges, active and reserve, around the world. http://www.philosophy.ilstu.edu/students/lawyers4.html
Extractions: Philosophical Conversations Return to the Homepage Attended John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL. "My philosophy education at ISU helped me a great deal by developing my critical thinking and reasoning abilities." "I attended the University of Texas School of Law, graduating with honors in 1981. While at ISU, I had plans to attend law school, and actually took the LSAT while an undergraduate, but joined the Army instead because I was broke. I never intended to become a philosophy major. I took one class for general studies credit, liked it, and took others. Eventually I had 18 hours of philosophy and one of the professors suggested I consider majoring in it. I remember coming out of my LSAT being very grateful for having taken that suggestion. While, like many pre-law students, I majored in political science, too, philosophy, with its mental gymnastics, was of much more assistance in preparing for that test. Most law schools use the same "Socratic method" used by philosophy professors – asking questions and forcing students to find the answers and defend their positions. Thus, philosophy was also of considerable help in learning to think like a lawyer.
American Bar Association Attorney By Attorney Gregory Holiday Career Profiles of the Profession a BS in Speech Communication, and with minors in political science and Economics. http://www.abanet.org/careercounsel/profile/judges/holidayg.html
Extractions: I have a very significant amount of continuing legal education through the (Michigan) Institute of Continuing Legal Education, the State Bar of Michigan, the American Bar Association, the Legal Services Corporation and others. I also have a very significant amount of continuing judicial education through the National Judicial College, the ABA National Conference of Administrative Law Judges, the Michigan Association of Administrative Law Judges and the National Association of Administrative Law Judges.
IS LAW SCHOOL RIGHT FOR YOU You may think law school is good training for a number of careers. Department of political science Brown Hall 319 Phone (320) 2552162 http://condor.stcloudstate.edu/~prelaw/lawright.html
Extractions: IS LAW SCHOOL RIGHT FOR YOU [Last Revised 7/31/01] Do I Want To Be a Lawyer? By Jim Riley, prelaw advisor at Regis University (some drawn from Margot Baker at Southern Methodist University) This is a difficult question to answer. Some people claim that they knew they wanted to be a lawyer since they were quite young, but most struggled with this decision up until the time they applied to law school. In fact, many law students and even recent graduates are still unsure of the answer to this question. While it is impossible to know for certain the answer to the question "Do I Want To Be A Lawyer?" before entering law school, there is some value in talking with practicing lawyers, attending criminal and civil trials, attending law school classes or even working as a messenger at a law firm. The value of these activities is in gaining some insight into what a lawyer does; however, it will be somewhat of a superficial view of the legal profession, highlighting the excitement and overlooking the real complexity, difficulty and demands of the job. Television shows dealing with lawyers have perfected this superficial view of the legal profession. One's decision-making process can also be skewed by the difficulty of defining what a lawyer does on a day-to-day basis. There is no "typical lawyer." The legal profession today has embraced specialization to a significant extent. There are differences in workload, client contact, work environment, compensation and overall quality of life, depending upon whether one specializes in criminal law, family law, personal injury or defective product litigation, trust and estate law, business transactions and litigation, tax law, employment or labor law, environmental law, patent and trademark law, civil rights litigation, or in other specialized areas. There are many "professions" within the profession of law.
Extractions: @import url(../lawScreen2.css); @import url(../lawPDA.css); @import url(../lawPrint2.css); Jump to Navigation calendar contact us news ... General Information Two Visionary Deans of George Mason Law School By Mark F. Grady Reprinted from The University of Toledo Law Review , Fall 2001 I. George Mason University School of Law In 1972 Dean John W. Brabner-Smith and four other prominent attorneys founded the International School of Law in a church basement in the District of Columbia. In 1979 this law school merged with George Mason University, which is the state university in Northern Virginia. Brabner-Smith possessed a highly distinctive vision of legal education that to this day influences us and other law schools, notably some that are religiously affiliated. After Brabner-Smith laid the cornerstone, two other deans succeeded him: Ralph Norvell and Henry Manne. Each of these deans also possessed a highly distinctive vision of legal education, especially Henry Manne who is one of the four acknowledged founders of law and economics. As a young law school, we have sought to remain faithful to the ideals and visions of our founders. In this short essay, I would like to explain what our founders' visions have been and how we have sought to develop our program in light of them.
Legal Affairs Debate Club - Term Limits For Judges? Ward, you must be talking to different lawyers and judges than I am. I hope on occasion, others, like constitutional scholars in political science, http://www.legalaffairs.org/webexclusive/debateclub_termlimits0205.msp
Extractions: Lifetime tenure of federal judges has been a given in public discourse; it is taken for granted and rarely discussed. That has been perfectly understandable. Tenure, technically not for a lifetime, but during good behavior, has been with us since the earliest days of the republic, when the framers embedded the concept in Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution. They saw lifetime appointments as a necessary way to insulate judges from the other branches, and as protection against undue influence from outside interests. They also had a more practical concern: They saw a lifetime guaranteed income as a financial incentive that would attract and retain the most skilled and talented lawyers. The fact is that lifetime tenure has created a powerful temptation to presidents to pick young ideologues, who can change the balance on the bench and leverage that president's impact for many decades after he leaves office. Lifetime tenure thereby ratchets up the stakes of each appointment, giving opposition parties more incentive to block as many presidential nominees as possible, whatever their ideology, to leave more lifetime slots for a future president of their own party. The financial incentive, of course, is exactly the opposite that it was at the time of the Framers; federal judges receive barely more than the pay of a first-year associate at a blue chip law firm.
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Getthatgig.com: Law & Public Safety Lawyers can move on to become judges, professors, politicians, your college career in areas such as literature, history, political science, logic, http://www.getthatgig.com/law_enforcement/law_profiler.html
Extractions: you should follow! Q A Dear Lost in College, Exploring careers takes work. Get on the Internet like you did when you discovered www.getthatgig.com. There are careers in this web site that match your interests, especially in the Sports category and the Law Enforcement category. Check out the internship possibilities and see which ones light a little fire for you! I hope this helped a little. If you want any information on a specific career, let me know and I'll see what I can dig up for you! Best wishes,
Parents & Guardians A political science major studies the use of authority and influence in society careers Doane graduates are leaders in their workplace and community, http://www.doane.edu/Majors/Crete/polysci_pg.asp
Extractions: About Doane Majors/Programs of Study Search for Classes Financial Aid ... Return to Homepage Program Offerings A Political Science major studies the use of authority and influence in society within legal, political, human, and governmental contexts. This flexible program is designed to: A Political Science major or minor combines well with Business Administration, History and other majors. Course Catalog Pages : The attached catalog pages are in pdf format. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader loaded on your machine to open the document. You can download a free version by clicking on the logo: Program Methods
