The Department of Political Science and Law offers a variety of law related programs designed:

• To offer Jurisprudence, Pre-Law and graduate Law Programs for students interested in advanced education in law, working in law related fields, or interested in political science;
• To advise students about advanced legal education and theory;
• To promote Montclair University's involvement with law schools, the organized bar and the general public through initiatives such as conferences, research studies and student internships.
• To offer Montclair State University students pre-law preparation for law school. The pre-Law Program is a minor that may be combined with many diverse majors on campus. The new Jurisprudence program is an attractive example.
• To offer at the graduate level, a Master of Arts in Legal Studies for students interested in non-attorney careers in legal studies with optional concentrations in Governance, Compliance and Regulation, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, and in Law Office Management and Technology. Providing academic opportunities leading to career enhancement, the curriculum is on the cutting edge of specialty areas such as alternate dispute resolution, legal management, licensing intellectual property, copyright, trademark law, ethics and professional responsibility. Legal Studies provides courses in a broad range of subdisciplines in problem centered areas:
• To educate within a humanistic liberal arts education;
• To provide state of the art theory in an interdisciplinary environment.
• To prepare students sophisticated legal environment of the twenty-first century;
• To develop theoretical and practical knowledge of advocacy and dispute resolution;
• To enhance legal research and writing abilities;
• To develop analytical and critical thinking skills essential understanding law and the legal field.