Document Type
Article
Abstract
This article addresses whether or not law students' comparative educational backgrounds affect their ability to solve general deductive reasoning problems. This question leads to two broader issues: (1) whether any comparative differences in general reasoning competency affect a student's ability to reason within a legal framework; and (2) whether a student's reasoning competency remains static over three years of law school. This article addresses the first issue. At present, a separate study is being conducted to explore how general reasoning differences may influence a student's ability to reason within a legal framework. This article contends that law school academic support programs could use undergraduate degree information to assess differences in reasoning ability to a greater extent than they currently do.
Recommended Citation
Bryan Adamson and Mark Graham,
Law Students' Undergraduate Major: Implications For Law School Academic Support Programs (ASPs) Performance, 69 UMKC L. REV. 533
(2001).
https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/faculty/608