What is the Law School Survey of Student Engagement?
The Law School Survey of Student Engagement is a survey specially designed for students like you to provide information about your law school experience, including your views about the quality of your education and how you spend your time. The survey has a national flavor in that your school is one of dozens of law schools from different parts of the country using the survey this spring. But the main reason your law school is participating is that it wants to learn more about what students think and do so it can improve the J.D. program.
The Law School Survey of Student Engagement, or LSSSE, is a survey specially designed for students like you to provide information about your law school experience, including your views about the quality of your education and how you spend your time. The survey has a very broad scope in that your school is one of more than 80 law schools from different parts of the US and Canada using the survey this spring. But the main reason your school is participating is that it wants to learn more about what students think and do because it wants to improve the undergraduate program at your school. This year more than 50,000 law students will be invited to express their views and describe their experiences.
The Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) is designed to provide reliable, credible information about the quality of the law student experience. This spring, more than 27,000 students at 85 law schools participated in the second national administration of the survey. The survey asks students about their law school experience – how they spend their time, what they feel they’ve gained from their classes, their assessment of the quality of interactions with faculty and friends, and about important activities. Extensive research indicates that good educational practices in the classroom and interactions with others, such as faculty and peers, are directly related to high-quality student outcomes. The LSSSE focuses on these practices by assessing student engagement in key areas. The Law School Survey of Student Engagement is: • An alternative view of law school quality that focuses on learning. • A versatile, researched-based tool that provides usable information for institutional
