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LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
Hello all,
I've been talking to many Lawyers some of which are excellent practitionars in Criminal law, while some are really bad. Most of them didn't go to Tier 1 schools and finished with enormous amounts of debt (excess of $100,000) some of their LSAT score didn't pass 160, while a few exceed the 160 mark. While I know that experience is the best teacher, I want to ask, does the LSAT do a good job of predicting how good of a student of law one will be.
Thank you in advance
I've been talking to many Lawyers some of which are excellent practitionars in Criminal law, while some are really bad. Most of them didn't go to Tier 1 schools and finished with enormous amounts of debt (excess of $100,000) some of their LSAT score didn't pass 160, while a few exceed the 160 mark. While I know that experience is the best teacher, I want to ask, does the LSAT do a good job of predicting how good of a student of law one will be.
Thank you in advance
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Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
Are you asking how well the LSAT predicts the competency of practicing attorneys, or how well the LSAT predicts success in the law school classroom? For the former-- no idea but I expect to some extent. For the latter, here: http://www.lsac.org/jd/pdfs/lsat-score- ... rmance.pdf
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Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
At the fringes, probably to a certain degree. In the vast middle, not from what I've seen.Nevertaken646 wrote:Hello all,
I've been talking to many Lawyers some of which are excellent practitionars in Criminal law, while some are really bad. Most of them didn't go to Tier 1 schools and finished with enormous amounts of debt (excess of $100,000) some of their LSAT score didn't pass 160, while a few exceed the 160 mark. While I know that experience is the best teacher, I want to ask, does the LSAT do a good job of predicting how good of a student of law one will be.
Thank you in advance
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Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
empyreanrrv wrote:Are you asking how well the LSAT predicts the competency of practicing attorneys, or how well the LSAT predicts success in the law school classroom? For the former-- no idea but I expect to some extent. For the latter, here: http://www.lsac.org/jd/pdfs/lsat-score- ... rmance.pdf
Well, one leading onto the next, from the Law School classes into the real world experience.
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Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
Also thank you for your responses!
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Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
Bottom 1% LSAT top 25% GPA.... For me there was not predictability, and I'm very thankful for that.
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Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
This topic has been beaten to death on TLS... enjoy the "Forum Search" function.Nevertaken646 wrote:Hello all,
I've been talking to many Lawyers some of which are excellent practitionars in Criminal law, while some are really bad. Most of them didn't go to Tier 1 schools and finished with enormous amounts of debt (excess of $100,000) some of their LSAT score didn't pass 160, while a few exceed the 160 mark. While I know that experience is the best teacher, I want to ask, does the LSAT do a good job of predicting how good of a student of law one will be.
Thank you in advance