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Writing Like a Lawyer: How Law Student Involvement Impacts Self-Reported Gains in Writing Skills in Law School

Winek, Kirsten M
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2083-0266
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1557486361911544

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2019, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Higher Education.
Do any law school involvement activities influence law student self-reported gains in writing skills? With Alexander Astin’s Involvement Theory and I-E-O model as frameworks, this quantitative dissertation sought to answer this question. This study used a dataset containing survey responses from 3,803 full-time, third-year law students to the 2018 Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE). A blocked form of stepwise linear regression determined which independent variables related to law school involvement activities had a statistically significant impact on the dependent variable of law student self-reported gains in writing skills. The results showed that fifteen variables had a statistically significant relationship to student self-reported gains in writing skills. This dissertation has both academic and practical significance. It builds upon the limited number of studies analyzing law students’ perceptions of their writing skills, dissertations utilizing LSSSE data, and research extending Astin’s Involvement Theory and I-E-O model to legal education. Its findings can be used by law schools to help law students develop their writing skills before they graduate, since good writing is critical to bar exam passage and new lawyers’ success early in the practice of law.
Ronald Opp, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Eric Chaffee, J.D. (Committee Member)
Robert Detwiler , Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Penny Poplin Gosetti , Ph.D. (Committee Member)
145 p.
Higher Education; Higher Education Administration; Law; Legal Studies
legal education, higher education, writing, legal writing, student involvement, student engagement, LSSSE, Law School Survey of Student Engagement, law students, law school, Involvement Theory, I-E-O model, student perceptions of writing

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  • Winek, K. M. (2019). Writing Like a Lawyer: How Law Student Involvement Impacts Self-Reported Gains in Writing Skills in Law School [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1557486361911544

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Winek, Kirsten . Writing Like a Lawyer: How Law Student Involvement Impacts Self-Reported Gains in Writing Skills in Law School. 2019. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1557486361911544.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Winek, Kirsten . "Writing Like a Lawyer: How Law Student Involvement Impacts Self-Reported Gains in Writing Skills in Law School." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1557486361911544

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