LSAC Resources - Research

Alphabetical Listing of Current Grants Reports

After Tenure: Post-Tenure Law Professors in the United States (GR 11-02)
by Elizabeth Mertz, American Bar Foundation, University of Wisconsin Law School; Frances Tung, American Bar Foundation; Katherine Barnes, University of Arizona; Wamucii Njogu, Northeastern Illinois University; Molly Heiler, American Bar Foundation; and Joanne Martin, American Bar Endowment

• After Tenure: Post-Tenure Law Professors in the United States (GR 11-02) - Executive Summary
• After Tenure: Post-Tenure Law Professors in the United States (GR 11-02) - Full Research Report (PDF)
• July 2012 Addendum

Agents of Globalization in Law: Phase 1 (GR 09-01)
by Carole Silver, Georgetown University Law Center

• Agents of Globalization in Law: Phase 1 (GR 09-01) - Executive Summary
• Agents of Globalization in Law: Phase 1 (GR 09-01) - Full Research Report (PDF)

Developing an Assessment of First-Year Law Students' Critical Case Reading and Reasoning Ability: Phase 2 (GR 08-02)
by Dorothy H. Evensen, Penn State University; James F. Stratman, University of Colorado at Denver; Laurel C. Oates, Seattle University School of Law; and Sarah Zappe, Penn State University

• Developing an Assessment of First-Year Law Students' Critical Case Reading and Reasoning Ability: Phase 2 (GR 08-02) - Executive Summary
• Developing an Assessment of First-Year Law Students' Critical Case Reading and Reasoning Ability: Phase 2 (GR 08-02) - Full Research Report (PDF)

Early Law Careers of Male and Female Lawyers in the United States and Germany: A Comparative Study of Work, Family, and Childbearing (GR 12-01)
by John Hagan and Gabriele Plickert, American Bar Foundation

• Early Law Careers of Male and Female Lawyers in the United States and Germany: A Comparative Study of Work, Family, and Childbearing (GR 12-01) - Executive Summary
• Early Law Careers of Male and Female Lawyers in the United States and Germany: A Comparative Study of Work, Family, and Childbearing (GR 12-01) - Full Research Report (PDF)

The Educational Diversity Project: Analysis of Longitudinal and Concurrent Student and Faculty Data (GR 10-01)
by Charles E. Daye and Abigail T. Panter, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Walter R. Allen, The University of California, Los Angeles; and Linda F. Wightman, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro

• The Educational Diversity Project: Analysis of Longitudinal and Concurrent Student and Faculty Data (GR 10-01) - Executive Summary
• The Educational Diversity Project: Analysis of Longitudinal and Concurrent Student and Faculty Data (GR 10-01) - Full Research Report (PDF)

Fear of Falling: The Effects of U.S. News & World Report Rankings on U.S. Law Schools (GR 07-02)
by Michael Sauder, University of Iowa; and Wendy Espeland, Northwestern University

• Fear of Falling: The Effects of U.S. News & World Report Rankings on U.S. Law Schools (GR 07-02) - Executive Summary
• Fear of Falling: The Effects of U.S. News & World Report Rankings on U.S. Law Schools (GR 07-02) - Full Research Report (PDF)

From 1L to 401(k): A Pilot Study of the Later Stages of Lawyers' Careers (GR 11-01)
by Nancy Reichman, University of Denver

• From 1L to 401(k): A Pilot Study of the Later Stages of Lawyers' Careers (GR 11-01) - Executive Summary
• From 1L to 401(k): A Pilot Study of the Later Stages of Lawyers' Careers (GR 11-01) - Full Research Report (PDF)

Gender and the Legal Profession: The Michigan Alumni Data Set 1967–2000 (GR 08-01)
by Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor; Marc S. Galanter, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Kaushik Mukhopadhaya, Indiana University–Bloomington; and Kathleen E. Hull, University of Minnesota

• Gender and the Legal Profession: The Michigan Alumni Data Set 1967–2000 (GR 08-01) - Executive Summary
• Gender and the Legal Profession: The Michigan Alumni Data Set 1967–2000 (GR 08-01) - Full Research Report (PDF)

Group Learning Contexts and Processes Within Law Schools (GR 04-01)
by Dorothy H. Evensen, Penn State University

• Group Learning Contexts and Processes Within Law Schools (GR 04-01) - Executive Summary
• Group Learning Contexts and Processes Within Law Schools (GR 04-01) - Full Research Report (PDF)

The Masculine Mystique: Living Large from Law School to Later Life (GR 07-01)
by John Hagan, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; and Fiona Kay, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

• The Masculine Mystique: Living Large from Law School to Later Life (GR 07-01) - Executive Summary
• The Masculine Mystique: Living Large from Law School to Later Life (GR 07-01) - Full Research Report (PDF)

Speed as a Variable on the LSAT and Law School Exams (GR 03-01)
by William D. Henderson, Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington

• Speed as a Variable on the LSAT and Law School Exams (GR 03-01) - Executive Summary
• Speed as a Variable on the LSAT and Law School Exams (GR 03-01) - Full Research Report (PDF)

Archived Grants Reports

LSAC has archived all Grants Reports that were published ten or more years ago. These reports are still available upon request.

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