The results of the 2011 Law School Survey of Student Engagement were recently released.
The survey collects information from students about how they spend their time in law school and how satisfied they are with the law school experience. More than 33,000 students from 95 law schools participated in the survey.
Highlights of the survey include the following:
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The vast majority of students rated their overall law school experience favorably, with 83% reporting their experience as good or excellent.
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80% of students said that they definitely or probably would attend the same law school if they could start over again.
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40% of students felt that their legal education had so far contributed only some or very little to their acquisition of job- or work-related knowledge or skills.
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20% of students have not used any job search support from their institution and 14% have never used career counseling.
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Female students were less likely than their male classmates to frequently ask questions in class (51% to 68%)
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Half of students (51%) rated their relationship with faculty very highly in terms of availability and help.
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A large majority (91%) of students have had serious conversations during law school with students of a different race or ethnicity.
- Nearly half of all students (49%) never or only sometimes included diverse perspectives in class discussions or writing assignments.
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