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Do Grades Matter?, Emily Zimmerman
Do Grades Matter?, Emily Zimmerman
Emily Zimmerman
Law school grading is regularly identified as the source of law student distress and disengagement. Although there is an abundance of literature criticizing law school grading, there is surprisingly little empirical research that investigates law students’ attitudes regarding grading. This Article presents the results of an empirical research project that investigated law students’ expectations and attitudes regarding their grades and the use of curved grading in law school. These results challenge some of the conventional wisdom about law students and grades and suggest that law professors may not necessarily know our students as well as we think we do.
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An Interdisciplinary Framework For Understanding And Cultivating Law Student Enthusiasm, Emily Zimmerman
An Interdisciplinary Framework For Understanding And Cultivating Law Student Enthusiasm, Emily Zimmerman
Emily Zimmerman
Anecdotal evidence abounds about the loss of enthusiasm experienced by law students. Law review articles too note this loss of enthusiasm and the demoralization of law students that occurs during their time in law school. However, although the loss of law student enthusiasm is frequently noted, little has been done to systematically analyze law student enthusiasm. Existing literature does not provide a definition of "law student enthusiasm" or a foundation of theory and research for understanding law student enthusiasm and its significance in legal education.
In an effort to fill the gap in our understanding of law student enthusiasm, this …