See prelegal on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1960, ABA Journal, volume 46, number 2, page 175:",
"text": "The better solution, however, is to press for a more adequate prelegal education for those students who intend to go into the study of law and to see that they are properly informed about the importance of their prelegal education.",
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"In preparation for study at a law school; prelaw."
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