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LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:12 pm
by Nevertaken646
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
Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:15 pm
by empyreanrrv
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
Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:29 pm
by Boggs
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
At the fringes, probably to a certain degree. In the vast middle, not from what I've seen.
Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:38 pm
by Nevertaken646
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.
Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:39 pm
by Nevertaken646
Also thank you for your responses!
Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:32 pm
by Lacepiece23
Bottom 1% LSAT top 25% GPA.... For me there was not predictability, and I'm very thankful for that.
Re: LSAT and its predictability of success in Law School.
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 3:40 pm
by PRgradBYU
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
This topic has been beaten to death on TLS... enjoy the "Forum Search" function.