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Predicting First-Year Law School Performance: The Influences Of Race, Gender, And Undergraduate Major

Document Type

Article

Keywords

gender, law school, major, race

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Eastern Economic Journal

Volume

43

Issue

1

First Page

64

Last Page

77

Abstract

We use regression analysis and proprietary data from three top 30 law schools to test the relationships of race, gender, and undergraduate major to first-year law school performance, as measured by law school grade point average at the end of the first year. We conclude that, all else equal: (1) Non-white students perform worse than white students, (2) Women on average do as well as men, though non-white women do worse than both white and non-white men, and (3) For the most part, undergraduate major has no relationship to first-year law school performance.

Department

Department of Economics

Original Publication Date

1-1-2017

DOI of published version

10.1057/eej.2015.34

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

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