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Access to legal education
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Who enters the profession and why
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Why students choose law school
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What determines which law schools students attend
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How students are channeled into law school
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How law schools decide whom to admit, especially the non-LSAT, non-GPA components of those decisions
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The qualities, apart from LSAT score and undergraduate GPA, that are associated with success in law school
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How changes in the policy related to affirmative action have affected law school admissions, climate, and curricula
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How social and academic backgrounds affect the experience of legal education
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The economics of legal education
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Effects of different teaching methods
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Studies of teaching methods for some of the new and nontraditional courses (e.g., courses in quantitative methods, alternative dispute resolution, etc.)
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Why students choose particular courses, and what, if anything, their choices have to do with their career directions
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The effects of new technologies (e.g., computer-assisted research, electronic casebooks)
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How new and nontraditional courses and new types of courses are introduced into the curriculum
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How students decide what kinds of jobs to take
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How students are channeled into practice settings
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The factors that determine who enters, remains in, or leaves different areas of law practice
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Student careers from college to first job
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The conditions and methods that enable students to learn most effectively in law school
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How legal education changes students cognitively, socially, and behaviorally
