Predicting Lawyer Effectiveness: Broadening the Basis for Law School Admission Decisions

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 620-661

  Shultz, Marjorie M ^a   Zedeck, Sheldon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80051684294     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2011.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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