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The Influence Of Metacognitive Skills On Bar Passage: An Empirical Study, Jennifer A. Gundlach, Jessica R. Santangelo
The Influence Of Metacognitive Skills On Bar Passage: An Empirical Study, Jennifer A. Gundlach, Jessica R. Santangelo
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This article builds on our prior research about metacognition and its importance for law students’ learning. We hypothesized that given our past findings about the relationship between metacognition and academic performance in law school, it was possible that metacognition might also play an important role in success on the bar exam.
Our current study documents law students’ metacognitive skills during a final semester bar prep course and examines the relationship between those students’ metacognitive skills and bar passage. We found that students are capable of gaining metacognitive knowledge and regulation skills during law school and even as late …
The Contracting Market For Law School Admissions In The United States, Robert Zemsky
The Contracting Market For Law School Admissions In The United States, Robert Zemsky
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This report summarizes the analysis of legal education market data, compiled by the American Bar Association and presented on the AccessLex website, by a research team from the University of Pennsylvania's Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD). Robert Zemsky served as principal investigator and Richard Morgan as principal analyst. The research was conducted over two years and yielded two PowerPoint presentations to AccessLex's annual research symposium.
Market Analysis For Law School Admissions, Robert Zemsky, Patricia Burch, Richard Morgan
Market Analysis For Law School Admissions, Robert Zemsky, Patricia Burch, Richard Morgan
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The numbers are truly astonishing. Between 2011 and 2015, total enrollments in the 200- plus United States law schools whose data are regularly tracked by the American Bar Association (ABA) decreased by more than 20 percent. The total number of “missing students” was just shy of 30,000, an amount which translates into the total enrollments of 38 average-sized law schools—24 private not-for-profit and 14 public.
Almost equally astonishing, however, is the fact that so little actually changed. None of the 200-plus law schools that reported their enrollment data to the ABA closed. The 65-35 percentage split between private and public …