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Student Success Story
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Legal Studies is a fairly new major, but it is exactly what I was looking for going into college. The Legal Studies and Criminal Justice programs provides so many opportunities to their students and I feel fully supported by the faculty in everything I do. Through USD Mock Trial and the Farber Fund, I have been able to travel to cities all around the Midwest to learn skills that I never could in the classroom.
RyLeigh Christopherson
B.A. Legal Studies, Criminal Justice '24