Gaining from the System: Lessons from the Law School Survey of Student Engagement About Student Development in Law School

Authors

Carole Silver, Indiana University-Bloomington, Maurer School of LawFollow
Louis Rocconi, National Survey of Student EngagementFollow
Heather Haeger, Law School Survey of Student EngagementFollow
Lindsay Watkins, Law School Survey of Student Engagement

Document Type

Law Review Article

Publication Date

1-2012

Keywords

professional identity formation

Abstract

This paper considers the factors that influence law students’ assessment of their professional and academic development during law school. It uses responses of 5,612 third- and fourth-year law students to the Law School Survey of Student Engagement to identify student activities and behaviors that relate to professional and academic gains; individual and law school characteristics also are examined. Four aspects of the law school experience emerge as integral parts of students’ professional and academic development.