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Full-Text Articles in Law
Covid And Bar Admissions, Steven R. Smith
Covid And Bar Admissions, Steven R. Smith
Arkansas Law Review
The COVID-19 pandemic, killings of George Floyd and others, and civil unrest created dislocation, hardship, and uncertainty. For millions of people, it included deaths in family, unemployment, and serious mental and physical illness. Graduates of professional schools preparing to take licensing examinations faced unexpected obstacles in meeting licensing standards for their chosen professions. It quickly became apparent, for example, that the usual licensing examination arrangements were problematic. The question for licensing authorities in 2020 was what accommodations would be appropriate to take account of the disruptions applicants faced while fully protecting the public’s interest in careful licensing.
It's Not Where You Start, It's How You Finish: Predicting Law School And Bar Success, Aaron N. Taylor, Jason M. Scott, Josh Jackson
It's Not Where You Start, It's How You Finish: Predicting Law School And Bar Success, Aaron N. Taylor, Jason M. Scott, Josh Jackson
AccessLex Institute Research
In this study, we examine the extent to which academic and student engagement factors explain law school grades and first-time bar exam performance. Applying fixed effects linear and logit modeling, our analysis leverages law student transcript data and responses to the Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) among students from a diverse group of 20 law schools to estimate academic performance and odds of bar passage. Most notably, we find that GPA improvement during law school is associated with greater odds of passing the bar exam, particularly among students who struggle the most during the first semester. Furthermore, while …
2019-2020 Annual Report: Roger Williams University School Of Law, Roger Williams University School Of Law
2019-2020 Annual Report: Roger Williams University School Of Law, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
No abstract provided.
Trending @ Rwu Law: Dean Yelnosky's Post: Jobs Data 12-22-2016, Michael Yelnosky
Trending @ Rwu Law: Dean Yelnosky's Post: Jobs Data 12-22-2016, Michael Yelnosky
Law School Blogs
No abstract provided.
Testing, Diversity, And Merit: A Reply To Dan Subotnik And Others, Andrea Curcio, Carol Chomsky, Eileen Kaufman
Testing, Diversity, And Merit: A Reply To Dan Subotnik And Others, Andrea Curcio, Carol Chomsky, Eileen Kaufman
Eileen Kaufman
The false dichotomy between achieving diversity and rewarding merit frequently surfaces in discussions about decisions on university and law school admissions, scholarships, law licenses, jobs, and promotions. “Merit” judgments are often based on the results of standardized tests meant to predict who has the best chance to succeed if given the opportunity to do so. This Article criticizes over-reliance on standardized tests and responds to suggestions that challenging the use of such tests reflects a race-comes-first approach that chooses diversity over merit. Discussing the firefighter exam that led to the Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DiStefano, as well as …
Promoting Equitable Law School Admissions Through Legal Challenges To The Lsat, Al Alston
Promoting Equitable Law School Admissions Through Legal Challenges To The Lsat, Al Alston
Al Alston
No abstract provided.
Testing, Diversity, And Merit: A Reply To Dan Subotnik And Others, Andrea A. Curcio, Carol L. Chomsky, Eileen Kaufman
Testing, Diversity, And Merit: A Reply To Dan Subotnik And Others, Andrea A. Curcio, Carol L. Chomsky, Eileen Kaufman
Scholarly Works
The false dichotomy between achieving diversity and rewarding merit frequently surfaces in discussions about decisions on university and law school admissions, scholarships, law licenses, jobs, and promotions. “Merit” judgments are often based on the results of standardized tests meant to predict who has the best chance to succeed if given the opportunity to do so. This Article criticizes over-reliance on standardized tests and responds to suggestions that challenging the use of such tests reflects a race-comes-first approach that chooses diversity over merit. Discussing the firefighter exam that led to the Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DiStefano, as well as …
Bar Passage: Gpa And Lsat, Not Bar Reviews, Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos
Bar Passage: Gpa And Lsat, Not Bar Reviews, Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos
Nicholas L Georgakopoulos
Probit regressions of bar passage on law GPA, undergraduate GPA (uGPA) and LSAT show GPA to have a very strong relation, LSAT a weaker one, and uGPA not to have any relation. 1L and upperclass GPA both have strong predictive power, favoring an interpretation of significant learning in small and elective courses compared to the mandated large ones of the first year. Linear regressions of GPA on uGPA and LSAT show a noisy relation to exist only for first-time bar exam takers, none for 2nd time takers. Analysis of bar review courses does not show the choice among them …
The Lsat, Law School Exams And Meritocracy: The Surprising And Undertheorized Role Of Test-Taking Speed, William D. Henderson
The Lsat, Law School Exams And Meritocracy: The Surprising And Undertheorized Role Of Test-Taking Speed, William D. Henderson
Articles by Maurer Faculty
Within the field of psychometrics, it is widely acknowledged that test-taking speed and reasoning ability are separate abilities with little or no correlation to each other. The LSAT is a univariate test designed to measure reasoning ability; test-taking speed is assumed to be an ancillary variable with a negligible effect on candidate scores. This Article explores the possibility that test-taking speed is variable common to both the LSAT and actual law school exams. This commonality is important because it may serve to increase the predictive validity of the LSAT. The author obtained data from a national and a regional law …
Salt On The Lsat, Society Of American Law Teachers
Salt On The Lsat, Society Of American Law Teachers
Statements
In 2003, Society of American Law Teachers issued a statement in which SALT expressed a concern with over-reliance on the LSAT and provided proposals for reform.
Developments, Roger C. Cramton
Developments, Roger C. Cramton
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
The world of legal education--over 180 law schools, 6,000 law teachers, and 125,000 law students--is a large and varied one. The purpose of this department is to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas concerning noteworthy experiments, innovations, and developments in program, curriculum, teaching, scholarship, administration, and the like. Contributions from readers are invited. Those of a longer nature may be published as authored pieces; others will be summarized by the Editor in this space.
Before The Law: An Analysis For The Legal Profession, Victor A. Fleming
Before The Law: An Analysis For The Legal Profession, Victor A. Fleming
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
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Testing For Analytic Ability In The Law School Admission Test, Monroe H. Freedman
Testing For Analytic Ability In The Law School Admission Test, Monroe H. Freedman
Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship
The Law School Admission Test, in conjunction with college grades, has, for many years, provided a significant prediction of performance in law school. We are, however, at present conducting a study of a section of the Test known as "Principles and Cases" to determine in what ways it might be improved. Specifically, we have considered whether the question forms that are currently being used in this section provide the best possible test of a student's ability to cope with the precise kinds of intellectual problems involved in the study of law.