CENTER FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY

The Center for Law and Public Policy, housed in the WAU Honors College, provides students interested in law, politics and public policy access to the resources of the nation’s capital through unique course offerings, internships, mentoring, conferences, and more.

Our Mission

to prepare students for careers in law and/or public policy,
to encourage dynamic civil discourse on a wide range of topics viewed through the lens of the law,
to provide high-quality interdisciplinary academic learning opportunities that will enrich the learning environment at Washington Adventist University,
to supply decision-makers with ethical and faith-based perspectives on the most pressing legal and public policy issues of our time.

Our Vision

to be the premier resource for the study of law and public policy among Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities and to be an interdisciplinary hub for faculty, students, and professionals in the field of law and public policy on a local, national, and global level.

Dual Enrollment Law Program

WAU has a partnership with the University of Baltimore School of Law that allows WAU students to take their first 30 credits of Law School while using those 30 credits to complete their final year of undergraduate studies. This program is open to all eligible WAU students. To be eligible, students must:

Complete the requirements for a major and other degree requirements in 90 credit hours over three years (including the WAU Pre-Law Pre-Professional curriculum)
Meet the Early Automatic Admissions standards set by the University of Baltimore Law School as follows:
- Have a cumulative cross-institutional grade point average of 3.5 or better as computed by the Law School Admissions Council Credential Assembly Service and have an LSAT score of 150 or higher or,
- Have a cumulative cross-institutional grade point average of 3.0 or better as computed by the Law School Admissions Council Credential Assembly Service and have an LSAT score of 154 or higher.
- Any applicant with an affirmative answer to one of the character and fitness questions on the law school application will not receive automatic admissions. Instead, their application will be reviewed under the existing rolling admissions process.

INFORMATION

Jonathan Scriven, D.IR. | Director, Center for Law and Public Policy
jscriven@wau.edu