Is an economics degree good preparation for the LSAT?

P. Wesley Routon

The Journal of Economic Education, 2018, vol. 49, issue 3, 271-277

Abstract: Those aspiring to law school must first complete the Law School Admissions Test, or LSAT. When ranking undergraduate majors by mean LSAT scores, economics has proven to be near the very top, if not the number-one major, over the last two decades. The goal of this analysis is the search for additional evidence that an economics degree is good preparation for the LSAT beyond mean score comparisons. After controlling for pre-college academic ability, collegiate academic ability, variables related to law school aspirations, institutional characteristics, several collegiate experiences, and demographics, the author finds that an economics degree has a positive and statistically significant association with higher LSAT performance.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2018.1464985

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