pre-law
Americanadjective
noun
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a program of pre-law study or training.
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a student enrolled in such a program.
Etymology
Origin of pre-law
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Because a knee injury cost him his football season, and he didn’t really enjoy his pre-law studies, he gave up his scholarship and returned to the Bay Area.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2021
She holds herself out as an expert on the Constitution based on her self-published book and her teaching of pre-law classes to undergraduates.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2020
Ms. Ernst said her daughter is studying pre-law and wanted Judge Barrett to know there are young women looking up to her, just as they did the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
From Washington Times • Oct. 14, 2020
Two years into pre-law, I told him I was changing colleges.
From Washington Post • May 30, 2019
Do you know some counselor there told him he’d never make it in pre-law?
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
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