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Maume, David J., Jr.; Staudt, Ronald W. – Journal of Legal Education, 1987
A study investigating the value of computer use integrated into first-year instruction in legal methods, legal writing, and torts found that the actual amount of computer use was positively and significantly associated with grade point averages and was more beneficial to students beginning from lower scholastic positions. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Anthony, Lisa C.; Liu, Mei – 2003
This study was designed to address questions of differential prediction of law school grades for various racial/ethnic minority subgroups. Differential prediction was evaluated by comparing the predicted and actual law school first-year grade point averages (FYAs) for various racial/ethnic subgroups within individual law schools based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations

Davidow, Robert P. – University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1981
A survey indicates judgeships are a very attractive legal career. Students preferred selection (in descending order) by initial merit selection, merit promotion from inferior courts, executive appointment, legislative appointment, nonpartisan election, and partisan election. (AVAIL: University of Cincinnati College of Law, Room 12, Taft Hall,…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Ladders, Careers

Alexander, Karen – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1998
Students' and graduates' complaints about the Howard University Law School center on graduates' low rates of passing the bar examination but also take note of the poor condition of the physical plant. Article outlines student criticisms and planned administrative responses to the school's decline in quality. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities

Iijima, Ann L. – Journal of Legal Education, 1998
Examines the role of law schools in creating emotionally dysfunctional students, and suggests ways in which they might act to produce healthier law students and practitioners, and perhaps a more functional legal system. Discusses lack of social and emotional support, lack of physical activity, and women's issues; offers problems and solutions for…
Descriptors: College Environment, Emotional Problems, Higher Education, Law Schools

Volokh, Eugene – Journal of Legal Education, 1998
A law professor advises students on how to write effective publishable articles, beginning with choice of a claim and continuing with organizing the article; writing and rewriting, coherence, cohesion, and perspective; converting practical work (such as law firm memos) into student articles; publishing; and publicizing the article. (MSE)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Journal Articles, Law Students, Legal Education (Professions)
Gross, Karen; Ingham, Joanne; Matasar, Richard – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2005
Although rising student debt levels are frequently studied, very little attention has been paid to the lack of student financial literacy and its negative effects. The absence of financial management skills and accompanying low credit scores can increase debt, cause inadvertent defaults, and be harmful for both students and their institutions. For…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Law Students, Education Courses, Literacy Education
Taillefer, Gail F. – Modern Language Journal, 2005
Little cross-cultural empirical research has been devoted to expectations for academic performance of study abroad (SA) students, particularly in their foreign language (FL) reading. This study explored premobility English and French FL reading comprehension and strategy use in 177 European SA students of law and economics. Our concern was whether…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Test Results, Study Abroad, English (Second Language)
Forsyth, Patrick B.; Danisiewicz, Thomas J. – 1982
The extent to which value orientations of professional students differ by occupational groups and by the socializing effects of professional schools on students was assessed. Approximately 1,150 students in nine major doctoral-granting universities participated. Based on work by Bengtson (1975), a humanism/materialism score was constructed for…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Education Majors, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Mayfield, Craig K. – 1977
This paper describes the development of a reading and study skills course for law students at Brigham Young University. A study technique called the "FAIR Method" helps students look for the following common elements in all law cases: the facts on which resolution of the dispute turns, the action or classification of the dispute (such as assault…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, College Freshmen, Comprehension, Content Area Reading

Pye, A. Kenneth – Journal of Legal Education, 1982
The quality of a school is measured by the quality of the lawyering provided to the public by its graduates and the contributions to scholarship by its faculty. Essential steps are the formulation of objectives, a plan to implement them, and the reallocation of resources for the plan to function. (MLW)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Futures (of Society)

Huber, Stephen K.; And Others – Journal of Legal Education, 1981
The 1976 entering class of the University of Houston (UH) Law School was surveyed to identify reasons for entering law school and career objectives. Three distinct groups are shown (UH sole school considered, UH only alternative, UH one of several alternatives), each having its own distinctive cluster of social conditions and perspectives. (MSE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Applicants, College Choice, Expectation

Beck, Phyllis W.; Burns, David – Journal of Legal Education, 1979
Because some law students experience an emotional crisis related to law school, law school staff need a model to help them assist the individual student. A Beck Depression Inventory (a self-administered indicator for professional help) and a Daily Activity Schedule (a technique for problem solving) are provided. (MLW)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Graduate Students, Higher Education

Adams, Susan Johanne – Journal of Legal Education, 1996
Discussion of learning disabled (LD) law students looks at what constitutes a learning disability and explains circumstances leading to increasing numbers of LD students in law schools. Manifestations of learning disabilities in writing are examined, problems with this in the law school setting are noted, and early identification and interventions…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Disability Identification, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education

Lustbader, Paula – Journal of Legal Education, 1998
Disjunction between what law teachers mean and how students interpret what is being taught explains why a significant number of law students are not learning or performing at their capability levels. The comments of diverse students at nine law schools can help teachers understand what creates barriers to learning and what helps students learn.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Comprehension, Diversity (Student)