The College of New Jersey | Prelaw Program

Prelaw at TCNJ

Every year TCNJ graduates attend top regional and national law schools. The Prelaw Program offers TCNJ students who are interested in law outstanding advising, curricular, and
extra-curricular opportunities.

Academic Programs

Students can pursue a minor or an interdisciplinary concentration related to law.

Email Signup & Advisor Request

Prelaw Advisors meet with students to discuss the Prelaw Program and law school applications.

Student Organizations

The Prelaw Society and Mock Trial Club offer opportunities to engage with prelaw students on campus.

Announcements

‘Never the Attorney’: Race, Gender, and Misattribution in the Legal Profession

“Women attorneys, especially women of color, are often mistaken for nonlawyer staff — a routine misidentification that signals who is seen as belonging in the profession.” Read the latest article by Dr. Tao Dumas, TCNJ Prelaw Program Director, “‘Never the Attorney’: Race, Gender, and Misattribution in the Legal Profession” in Judicature.

Jury Trials as a “Front Row Seat” to Democracy

The Fourth Annual Daryl Fair Memorial Lecture Jury Trials as a “Front Row Seat” to Democracy with Hon. Jack M. Sabatino, P.J.A.D., Presiding Judge Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division March 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM in Education 212 Reception to follow Hon. Jack Sabatino presents “Jury Trials as a […]

Fall 2025 Phi Delta Phi inductees

Congratulations to the TCNJ Prelaw students who were inducted into the International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi in December 2025! Katelyn Ali Vincent Chang Sarah Kasziba-O’Rahilly Owen Konowicz Sophia Maltese Jason Miretskiy Ashley Ragone

Summer MUSE Project

Esmeralda Regalado, Political Science major, and Dr. Tao Dumas partnered on a MUSE (Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience) project in July 2025. Although women now outnumber men in U.S. law schools, many markers of inequality persist in the American legal profession and are particularly acute for women of color. Gendered and raced stereotypes about who “looks […]