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Access
to legal education
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Who
enters the profession and why
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Why
students choose law school
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What
determines which law schools students attend
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How
students are channeled into law school
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How
law schools decide whom to admit, especially the
non-LSAT, non-GPA components of those decisions
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The
qualities, apart from LSAT score and undergraduate
GPA, that are associated with success in law school
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How
changes in the policy related to affirmative action
have affected law school admissions, climate, and
curricula
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How
social and academic backgrounds affect the
experience of legal education
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The
economics of legal education
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Effects of different teaching methods
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Studies of teaching methods for some of the new and
nontraditional courses (e.g., courses in
quantitative methods, alternative dispute
resolution, etc.)
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Why
students choose particular courses, and what, if
anything, their choices have to do with their career
directions
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The
effects of new technologies (e.g., computer-assisted
research, electronic casebooks)
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How
new and nontraditional courses and new types of
courses are introduced into the curriculum
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How
students decide what kinds of jobs to take
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How
students are channeled into practice settings
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The
factors that determine who enters, remains in, or
leaves different areas of law practice
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Student careers from college to first job
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The
conditions and methods that enable students to learn
most effectively in law school
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How
legal education changes students cognitively,
socially, and behaviorally
