LSAC Resources - Research

Alphabetical Listing of All 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)

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)

Juggling It All: A Study of Lawyers' Work, Home, and Family Demands and Coping Strategies—Report of Stage Two Findings (GR 01-01)
by Jean E. Wallace, Department of Sociology, The University of Calgary

• Juggling It All: A Study of Lawyers' Work, Home, and Family Demands and Coping Strategies—Report of Stage Two Findings (GR 01-01) - Executive Summary
• Juggling It All: A Study of Lawyers' Work, Home, and Family Demands and Coping Strategies—Report of Stage Two Findings (GR 01-01) - Full Research Report (PDF)

Juggling It All: Exploring Lawyers' Work, Home, and Family Demands and Coping Strategies—Report of Stage One Findings (GR 00-02)
by Jean E. Wallace, Department of Sociology, The University of Calgary

• Juggling It All: Exploring Lawyers' Work, Home, and Family Demands and Coping Strategies—Report of Stage One Findings (GR 00-02) - Executive Summary
• Juggling It All: Exploring Lawyers' Work, Home, and Family Demands and Coping Strategies—Report of Stage One Findings (GR 00-02) - Full Research Report (PDF)

Law School Admissions, 1985 to 1995: Assessing the Effect of Application Volume (GR 97-01)
by Charles Longley

• Law School Admissions, 1985 to 1995: Assessing the Effect of Application Volume (GR 97-01) - Executive Summary
• Law School Admissions, 1985 to 1995: Assessing the Effect of Application Volume (GR 97-01) - 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)

Using the Internet to Survey College Students About Their Law School Plans (GR 01-02)
by Stephen S. Meinhold, PhD, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Wilmington; and Dennis W. Gleiber, PhD, Department of Political Science, University of New Orleans

• Using the Internet to Survey College Students About Their Law School Plans (GR 01-02) - Executive Summary
• Using the Internet to Survey College Students About Their Law School Plans (GR 01-02) - Full Research Report (PDF)

Who Gets the App? Explaining Law School Application Volume, 1993 to 1996 (GR 97-02)
by Charles Longley

• Who Gets the App? Explaining Law School Application Volume, 1993 to 1996 (GR 97-02) - Executive Summary
• Who Gets the App? Explaining Law School Application Volume, 1993 to 1996 (GR 97-02) - Full Research Report (PDF)