Predicting success in law school

Abstract

The 207 freshmen entering the law school of the University of Minnesota in 1947 were given a battery of tests including the Miller Analogies and the Iowa Legal Aptitude Test. Scores on the ACE, taken during the Senior year in high school, high school percentile rank, pre-legal honor point ratio, and grades based on the first quarter's work were available. Results were that pre-legal honor point ratio was the best single predictor of grades. High school percentile rank, the ACE and the Aptitude Test also contributed to effective prediction. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)