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Assessing Factors Influencing Student Academic Success in Law School

Detwiler, Robert R.

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2011, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Higher Education.

The literature on student academic success of law students is limited to mostly single institution studies, and as such, a nationwide, multi-institutional empirical study of the factors that predict student academic success is greatly needed by higher education scholars, law school admission officers, faculty, and administrators. This dissertation analyzed what effect, if any, undergraduate GPA and LSAT scores, in addition to environmental variables, has on cumulative law school GPA among full-time third-year law students in the United States responding to the 2008 Law School Survey of Student Engagement. A regression analysis revealed five input measures, one between-college characteristic, and fifteen environmental measures were significant predictors of cumulative law school GPA among third-year law students (n=1,756).

The intended outcomes of the dissertation are twofold. First, law school faculty and administrators can use this information to promote student involvement that has been shown through this dissertation to influence students’ GPA, which is well known in the legal education environment to be critical in the internship and job search process. Second, future studies of law students and other fields of professional education are encouraged to examine what role, if any, student involvement has on outcomes.

Ronald Opp, PhD (Committee Chair)
Llewellyn Gibbons, JD (Committee Member)
Debra Gentry, PhD (Committee Member)
Robert Yonker, PhD (Committee Member)

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  • Detwiler, R. R. (2011). Assessing Factors Influencing Student Academic Success in Law School [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1318730664

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Detwiler, Robert. Assessing Factors Influencing Student Academic Success in Law School. 2011. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1318730664.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Detwiler, Robert. "Assessing Factors Influencing Student Academic Success in Law School." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1318730664

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)