Before the Paper Chase

Before the Paper Chase: The Scholarship of Law School Preparation and Admissions contains the best of the recent qualitative and quantitative research on the law school admissions process. The editors, Frank Guliuzza and Tim Alan Garrison, have scoured the academic journals and law reviews to identify the most insightful articles on a variety of topics relevant to the admissions process, including the Law School Admissions Test, the significance of the GPA, the ranking of law schools, the most reliable first year success indicators, future employment patterns, the significance of the undergraduate major, the psychological factors in success, and the movement toward diversity in admissions and class makeup. The analysis provided in Before the Paper Chase will help demystify the admissions process for students, provide prelaw advisors with information that will enhance their counseling, and offer law school admissions officials an opportunity to consider how scholars from a wide variety of disciplines are evaluating their institutions.