Kaplan University’s School of Legal Studies takes a unique approach to legal education. Our wide-ranging online degree programs in legal studies, paralegal studies, and administration and policy are designed to fit your educational goals and prepare you to pursue an exciting career in the legal field or within a government organization.*

Kaplan University’s online legal studies and paralegal courses are comprehensive, and our educators are practicing experts in their fields who can teach the real-world knowledge you need to excel.

Our legal studies programs can help you prepare for law school,† or provide you with legal knowledge you can use in a career in business, government, health care, or legal services. Our online paralegal programs allow you to focus on personal injury, dispute resolution, or another area that interests you. You could begin or advance your paralegal career by acquiring the skills you need for success.*

If you are interested in making a difference, Kaplan University’s online policy degrees are designed to provide you with the real-world knowledge you will need to implement change.

Our public administration and policy programs can help prepare you to pursue a career in the public, private, or nonprofit sectors.* You will study to gain knowledge of government process, policy, procedure, and the law that is essential to success in a wide variety of government-related jobs. For students looking for a more specialized approach, our environmental policy and management degree is designed to equip graduates with an understanding of the environmental policy-making process and the skills needed to enact and enforce that policy within a variety of organizations. Discover how to create environmental policy on both large and small scales, and how environmental issues get resolved and implemented.

To learn more about our legal, paralegal, or policy degree programs, please call us or click Chat Live to speak with one of our Advisors. Or choose an area of study from the menu above and learn how a Kaplan University education provides knowledge for a professional life.

*Kaplan University's programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, the University does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.

†While many of Kaplan University's degree programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue continued graduate- or doctorate-level education, the University cannot guarantee that students will be granted admission to any graduate or doctoral programs.