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Welcome to the Department of Law

The Law and Legal Studies program provides cadets insight into legal concepts and functions of law. It is not a pre-law program to train future lawyers. Rather, our purpose is to educate cadets to be leaders in a changing and often ambiguous world.

Learning how to think clearly and analyze arguments and claims critically are key benefits of the program. These essential skills, along with moral and ethical considerations, form the basis for effective leadership. Cadets examine the role of law from many perspectives, including:
  • As a primary means of maintaining social order;
  • In balancing individual interests against the interests of society; and,
  • In resolving disputes.
News
Constitutional and Military Law Evening Lecture Series
On 3 April 2013, the Law Department hosted a discussion between attorneys Mr. Floyd Abrams and Ms. Eve Burton on the First Amendment Freedom of Speech, which included discussion of current military cases involving issues of free speech.
Constitutional and Military Law Evening Lecture Series​
On October 24, 2012, Gregory G. Garre, the 44th Solicitor General of the United States, and Bert W. Rein, founding partner of a Washington D.C. law firm, spent time with cadets, presenting the arguments they made before the Supreme Court weeks prior in the case of Fisher v. Univ. of Texas.
Upcoming Events

​Department of Law Cadet Awards Ceremony

​May 23, 2013 at 1:30pm

Please join us for our annual Cadet Awards Ceremony as we recognize the outstanding achievement of cadets majoring in law at the United States Military Academy.  Awards include highest overall academic standing, best thesis, and more.  
From the Blog 
Educating Future Leaders About the Law of Armed Conflict
Posted on April 17, 2013
Cadets currently enrolled in the Department of Law’s Special Topics in the Law course have been privileged to welcome into the classroom some of the most experienced practitioners in the Law of Armed Conflict.   Read post
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