{"id":450,"date":"2019-01-24T15:15:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/?p=450"},"modified":"2019-01-31T21:24:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T21:24:19","slug":"history-major-pursuing-legal-studies-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/2019\/01\/24\/history-major-pursuing-legal-studies-program\/","title":{"rendered":"History Major Pursuing Legal Studies Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Congratulations to recent History graduate Carmine Bennett on being accepted to UB&#8217;s master&#8217;s program in Legal Studies!<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/207\/2019\/01\/Carmen-Grad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-453 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/207\/2019\/01\/Carmen-Grad-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/207\/2019\/01\/Carmen-Grad-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/207\/2019\/01\/Carmen-Grad.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carmine Bennett graduated with her History B.A. this December.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubalt.edu\/cas\/graduate-programs-and-certificates\/degree-programs\/legal-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Master of Arts in Legal Studies <\/a>(formerly Legal and Ethical Studies) program provides coursework in law, the legal system, legal research and methods, and the ethical and historical underpinnings of law.\u00a0 It can be used as a\u00a0stepping stone to law school or to advance in the many law-related careers that do not require a law degree.<\/p>\n<p>Graduates of the program have found jobs working for the courts (as clerks and commissioners), government contractors (in compliance), law firms (as legal assistants and paralegals), nonprofit organizations (as intake managers and\u00a0legal coordinators), companies (in\u00a0risk management\u00a0and human resources), and in a wide variety of other jobs in government and business.\u00a0 Graduates also sometimes\u00a0use the program to improve their preparation and credentials for law school.<\/p>\n<p>The History faculty and the Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies is proud of our graduate, and happy to report that she will continue to work part-time as an assistant in the division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to recent History graduate Carmine Bennett on being accepted to UB&#8217;s master&#8217;s program in Legal Studies! Carmine Bennett graduated with her History B.A. this December. The\u00a0Master of Arts in Legal Studies (formerly Legal and Ethical Studies) program provides coursework in law, the legal system, legal research and methods, and the ethical and historical underpinnings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/2019\/01\/24\/history-major-pursuing-legal-studies-program\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History Major Pursuing Legal Studies Program<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":289,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/nhudgins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}