{"id":74,"date":"2017-11-20T14:52:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T22:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/legal-studies\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2022-09-26T12:53:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T19:53:07","slug":"minor-american-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/legal-studies\/minor-american-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in American Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<section class=\"courseleaf-cat-page courseleaf-cat-page-college-arts-sciences courseleaf-cat-page-undergraduate courseleaf-cat-page-legal-studies-department courseleaf-cat-page-american-law-minor\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n  \n<p>The minor in American Law is not approved by the American Bar Association and does not prepare a student for a career as a paralegal. 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