Ability, Effort, and Performance Among First-Year Law Students at Brigham Young University |
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| Authors: | Edward L. Kimball Larry C. Farmer D. Glade Monson |
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| Affiliation: | Edward L. Kimball;Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. B.S., 1953, LL.B., 1955, University of Utah;LL.M., 1959, S.J.D., 1962, University of Pennsylvania. He has a long-standing interest in innovations in law teaching, particularly programmed learning. Larry C. Fanner;Clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. B.S., 1968, University of Washington, Seattle;Ph.D., 1975, Brigham Young. He is interested in interviewing, counseling, negotiating, and the use of computers in law practice. D. Glade Monson;an attorney and a statistician. B.S., 1971, M.S. (E.E.), 1974, J.D., 1980, M.S. (Stat.), 1981, Brigham Young University. |
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| Abstract: | This study considers the relationships between first-year law students' admission credentials, the amount of time they spend in study, and the grades they receive on examination. Findings include that there is a significant drop in effort during the first year, that while effort invested in study pays off in improved grades this effort is much less significant in explaining grades than is student ability as measured by LSAT and undergraduate grades, that students in the middle and bottom of the class are helped more by substantial study than are those in the top, that class attendance is much more valuable in raising grades than is equivalent time in other study, and that none of the various study techniques examined could be linked with major differences in results. |
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