{"id":11619,"date":"2011-01-19T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/pre-law-and-more\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T14:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T22:14:16","slug":"pre-law-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/pre-law-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-law and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=student\">Student<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n    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As part of his Philosophy of Law midterm, Rowland, a USC College junior, was asked to go head to head with Dworkin, a preeminent scholar in constitutional law. The arena was chapter six of Dworkin\u2019s <em>Law\u2019s Empire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For Rowland, identifying the successes and failures of Dworkin\u2019s argument regarding an associative obligation to obey the law because of a shared set of responsibilities between family or neighbors, was exhilarating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, besides generally being a lot of fun,\u201d Rowland said, \u201cthe skill of critical reading \u2014 the use of reasoning to find problems and solutions within a written work \u2014 is a pivotal skill in the American legal system and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-width: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-bottom: 5px; width: 350px; padding-top: 0px;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/PPL-869.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration showing two men standing with arms crossed next to a greek column on which are stacked three books.\" width=\"350\" height=\"258\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration by Robert P. Hernandez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This, as Professor Andrei Marmor pointed out, is exactly the foundation for the College\u2019s new interdisciplinary major in philosophy, politics and law (PPL).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhilosophy teaches you to read a text carefully and critically,\u201d said Marmor, professor of philosophy in the College and Maurice Jones Jr. Professor of Law in the USC Gould School of Law. \u201cIt teaches you to extract the argument from a text and to closely examine that argument\u2019s premises and how these are related to the conclusion. When you learn to use the tools of philosophy, you can apply them to any subject.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PPL major, which is offered through the College\u2019s School of Philosophy, allows students to select from a range of courses in nine areas including logic; moral and political philosophy; constitutional politics; history of philosophy; and politics, law and public policy. Concepts in American Law, a course tailored specifically to PPL students, is being offered for the first time through the USC Gould School of Law this spring.<\/p>\n<p>Marmor, who is also the program\u2019s faculty adviser and director of the USC Center for Law and Philosophy, noted that the initial inspiration behind creating the program was the philosophy, politics and economics major that Oxford University first offered in the 1920s.<\/p>\n<p>Like Oxford\u2019s design, the College\u2019s PPL program combines the skills and analytical rigor of philosophy with a broader background in politics and social issues. However, Marmor and his colleagues believe law rather than economics more closely matches the expertise required in the study of philosophy and politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSC has taken the lead in combining philosophy and politics with law and we believe it\u2019s a better fit,\u201d he said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the School of Philosophy revised its undergraduate program. Due to the overlap with the new PPL major, the ethics, law and value theory emphasis is no longer being offered after the 2010\u201311 academic year. Students now have the option of earning a bachelor of arts in philosophy or philosophy, politics and law, and both may be taken with honors.<\/p>\n<p>For Rowland, a transfer student from Tucson, Ariz., the PPL major was primarily what attracted him to USC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere aren\u2019t many programs that offer a tri-focus on philosophy, politics <em>and<\/em> law,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s true the PPL program can teach you how to be a politician or a lawyer. But more so, through a comprehensive, interdisciplinary education, the major teaches you how to be a <em>good<\/em> politician or a <em>good<\/em> lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rowland joins more than 100 USC College students who have selected the PPL major since it debuted in Fall 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Among them is first-year student Marissa Roy from Pasadena, Calif., who said she was drawn to USC College\u2019s vibrant academic environment that supports unique programs such as PPL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world demands a more well-rounded education,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd having the ability to take a bunch of different classes in several areas that all relate and culminate in one college experience is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While both Rowland and Roy plan to pursue careers in law, Marmor cautions that the objective of the PPL program was not exclusively to create a \u201cmini law school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be a mistake to regard PPL as just a pre-law type of undergraduate education,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it\u2019s one of the best pre-law undergraduate programs out there, but we designed PPL with enough flexibility and with enough breadth so as not constrain graduates in the major.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to law school, PPL graduates may go on, for example, to careers in public service or politics; or they may opt to attend graduate school in philosophy or political science.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaw and politics involve so much more than applying fact; it\u2019s about analyzing situations and trying to figure out how to deal with them,\u201d Roy said. \u201cSome might say that a strong grounding in philosophy is archaic, but I believe it is the key to understanding and overcoming modern crises whatever your chosen field might be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/usc-dornsife-magazine-spring-summer-2011\/\">Read more articles from USC Dornsife Magazine&#8217;s Spring\/Summer 2011 issue<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-related-stories \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-related-stories\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n    \n                  <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/is-ai-really-writing-ancient-authors-would-have-said-no\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Is AI really \u2018writing\u2019? From a priestess to philosophers, ancient authors would have said\u00a0\u2018no\u2019<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/article>\n              <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/im-a-philosopher-who-tries-to-see-the-best-in-others-but-i-know-there-are-limits\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >I\u2019m a philosopher who tries to see the best in others \u2013 but I know there are\u00a0limits<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/article>\n              <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/4m-templeton-foundation-grant-funds-new-frontier-in-cosmology\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >$4M grant from the John Templeton Foundation funds a new frontier in cosmology<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/article>\n            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