How to become a civil rights attorney<br>Consider majoring in political science or sociology. The social sciences can give you a solid background for civil rights laws, especially since many major civil rights cases turned on social science arguments. [substeps] Most civil rights attorneys specialize in one issue, or on preserving and strengthening the rights of a particular group.
The author mentions that social science arguments have been used in the courtroom for civil rights cases. 
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