Does an Improved Experience of Law School Protect Students from Depression, Anxiety and Stress? An Empirical Study of Wellbeing and the Law School Experience of LLB and JD Students

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Larcombe ◽  
Letty Tumbaga ◽  
Ian Malkin ◽  
Penelope Nicholson ◽  
Orania Tokatlidis
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Law School ◽  
School Experience ◽  
The Law

scholarly journals Extra Time as an Accommodation

2008 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Colker
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Standard Method ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Law School ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Extra Time ◽  
Admissions Test ◽  
The Law

Although the provision of extra time has become the standard method of accommodating students with various disabilities when they take the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) or in-class timed exams, this Article suggests that we consider other means of attaining fairness on exams. Through a survey of the psychometric literature, as well as a modest empirical study, this Article argues that the rank order of students is likely to be significantly affected by the type of examination instrument used. This Article places the psychometric literature on examination results in the context of testing of prelaw students as well as law students and suggests that we place less emphasis on timed instruments in ranking students.

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