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Learning law can help you understand the rules and policies that govern society. With the proper education, you can pursue a wide range of careers and build transferable skills like research, communication, negotiation, and decision-making. Read on to discover law courses, degree programs, and career paths.
What is law? / Why learn law?
Laws are the rules that organize societies. By studying law, you can learn legal principles, understand legal research and legal document drafting, and explore environmental or human rights issues.
Learning law can be intellectually challenging and may help you to make a difference in the lives of others. Whether or not you want to pursue a career as a lawyer, learning law can be beneficial for many industries, including business, communications, social work, and human resources.
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edX offers a variety of ways to learn law. Choose the law program that aligns with your interests, ambitions, time constraints, and budget.
Courses
Law courses can help beginners or current legal professionals build their legal knowledge. From introductory courses to focused topic-based programs, law courses may teach intellectual property law and policy, computer science for lawyers, international human rights law, or more.
Certificates
Earning a law certificate can give you a résumé boosting credential that can help open career doors. Law certificates available on edX may focus on topics such as European Union law, asylum and refugee law, governance and regulation, access to information, and media viability.
Executive education programs
Executive education programs can help existing or aspiring managers build legal expertise in topics that can help them advance in their careers. Programs in commercial and contract, tax, or data law, policy, and regulation can help professionals learn about legal issues in their industry.
Degrees
Legal degrees on edX are available at both the bachelor's and master's levels. For professionals who are certain they want to pursue a legal career, a bachelor's in criminal justice or a master's in dispute resolution and corporate compliance could help jumpstart their careers.
Jobs in law
While you must have a juris doctor (JD) degree to become a lawyer, other legal jobs, such as paralegal and arbitrator, are attainable with undergraduate degrees. Many legal jobs also call for state licensure or certification. Some employers may prefer to hire candidates who are certified by a nationally recognized professional certification agency.
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