Are We Making a Difference? Developing Outcome Measures to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Law School Efforts to Teach Ethics and Develop Professionalism

This powerpoint is (and other resources on this project will be) available at:

Segue from yesterday – Other disciplines think outcome measures are possible [cited by Dean Dienstag of Harv Med]

Project Team Clark Cunningham, Georgia State Bill Henderson, Indiana (Bloomington) Jerry Organ, St. Thomas (Minneapolis) Pat Longan, Mercer [not here] John Berry & Carl Zahner [not here], Florida Bar You? Clark, Bill and John will be picking up ideas about outcome measures in Prof Development Working Grp meeting at 2:15pm (Bill Lee, Moderator) –Jerry will attend this theme’s working group meeting

All our schools are members of the National Institute for Teaching Ethics & Professionalism

Will be available at Law School Survey of Student Engagement(LSSSE) “LESSEE” is administered by the Center for Post-Secondary Education at Indiana University Used by 80+ ABA-accredited law schools –Including all the schools in our project Measure change at same school over time Comparison among schools

Will be available at Indiana – Impact of 1L course on The Legal Profession started in 2009 on LSSSE, e.g. “How much has the law school …”

Will be available at Other possible outcome measures Test of moral reasoning (Defining Issues Test – DIT) [entering 1Ls at St. Thomas have taken] Role concept essays [pilot project use already launched at St. Thomas and Mercer] Psychological questionnaires [prior research by Larry Krieger at FSU] Alumni surveys [e.g. Jim Moliterno while at Wm & Mary] Employer surveys [e.g. IBA 2010 multinational survey of managing and senior partners] Reports from Bar re misconduct discipline of graduates

Hartwell, 1 Clin L. Rev 505 ( ) Effectiveness of Steve Hartwell’s Specially Designed Legal Ethics Course as Measured by the Defining Issues Test

Sheldon & Krieger, 22 Behav Sci & Law 261 (2004) Psychological Questionnaires

Sheldon & Krieger, 22 Behav Sci & Law 261 (2004) Psychological Questionnaires

International Bar Assoc 2010 Lawyer Survey

Last page of IBA survey

John Berry Legal Division Director for the Florida Bar Former Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan Former Director, Center of Professionalism, University of Florida College of Law Former chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism. ABA Michael Franck Award for achievement in lawyer ethics, professionalism and conduct Chaired committee of the National Organization of Bar Counsel (NOBC) that submitted to ABA: –2009 Law School Professionalism Initiative Report