Do Med Schools Do It Better?: Improving Law School Admissions by Adopting a Medical School Admissions Model

Authors

Rebecca C. Flanagan, University of Massachusetts School of Law - DartmouthFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

The differences between legal education and medical education start before students enter their post- graduate professions programs: the differences in the preparation begin during a period of undergraduate years. This article briefly compares pre-law and pre-medical undergraduate preparations, and discusses how the differences in preparation shape preparedness in professional school. Taking cues from the successes in pre-med preparation, this article provides recommendations for improving the law school admissions model by adopting more rigorous pre-law preparation standards. The recommendations in this articles are necessary prerequisite for law schools looking to produce the “practice ready” graduates that the public demands.

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Originally published by the Duquesne Law Review in 2015.

Recommended Citation

Rebecca C. Flanagan, Do Med Schools Do It Better: Improving Law School Admissions by Adopting a Medical School Admissions Model, 53 Duq. L. Rev. 75 (2015).