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, political science, 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.*

Focused on Practical Knowledge, Not Just the Practice of Law.

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 are designed to 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 dispute resolution, personal injury, or another area that interests you.

Political Science, Public Administration, and Policy Degrees Designed to Help You Make a Difference.

Kaplan University's political science degree offers tremendous flexibility. You can examine subjects of interest and prepare to pursue a variety of careers in government, business, law, education, and more.* This degree program focuses on the historical, global, current, and future approaches to political theories and their application to the creation of political institutions and policy.

Kaplan University’s online master’s, bachelor’s, and associate’s degrees in public administration are designed to provide you with the real-world knowledge needed to implement change. Our programs could 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 a wide variety of government-related jobs. Our master’s degree program in public administration focuses on teaching you to evaluate, implement, and manage policy, and to make ethical and effective decisions in the interest of the public.

For students looking for a more specialized approach, our environmental policy and management degrees are 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.

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