Legal Studies Program Directory United States Air Force Academy Program Name: Legal Studies Director: Colonel Richard R. Lee Program Address: United States Air Force Academy Department of Law USAF, CO 80840-5701 719/472-3680 Program Type: Major Program Status: The Legal Studies major is offered through the Academy's Department of Law. Students must take courses in Constitutional, Criminal and International Law and a Comparative Legal Systems course. Statement of Intellectual Structure: "The Legal Studies Major provides an opportunity to study legal ideas, legal institutions, and the legal process, while improving your abilities to critically analyze issues, balance conflicting interests, and express yourself clearly and precisely. The purpose of the program is not the training of legal professionals (which requires at least three years of graduate legal studies); rather, the program is offered for those cadets interested in the discipline of law as a field of critical inquiry within a framework of a broad liberal arts education." Program Curricular Organization: Seventeen courses, including seven required courses, and courses from the following areas: Social Sciences/Humanities, Law, Philosophy, Political Science, and English/History.   Required Courses: The American Legal System Foundations of Modern America Applied Reasoning Comparative Legal Systems Crime and Criminal Justice American Constitutional Law International Law Sample of Elective Courses: Social Sciences/Humanities Seminar in Contemporary Defense Policy Issues The American Identity Law Air and Space Law Contemporary Problems and the Law Philosophy War, Morality and the Military Profession American Philosophy Political Science Comparative Politics The American Presidency English/History Organizational Communication Historical Methods Experiential Component: None Please e-mail us with any changes or corrections. Legal Studies Directory Home | College Index | Geographical Index