• What kind of information (norms, comparison data) will be available to participating law schools?

Additional Questions & Consortia

• Is it possible to include additional questions on the survey?
• How can we form a consortium?

The cost of participating in LSSSE is determined by J.D. enrollment. For example, an institution with a total J.D. enrollment of 650 would be charged a $300 Participation Fee plus a sampling fee of $3,700.

Students will receive the URL address of the survey with their "Invitation to Participate" e-mail and in all follow-up messages. Each student receives a unique login and access code. E-mail messages are addressed from a representative at the law school.

The Center for Survey Research (CSR) at Indiana University collects all of the data using techniques based on best practices in large-scale survey research. The CSR sends (1) an initial e-mail message including an individualized invitation to participate to the student, and login and access codes to complete the online LSSSE survey (2) a follow-up e-mail to non-respondents, and (3) additional e-mail reminders. Law schools are encouraged to help with reminders and to provide incentives to students for completing the survey.

A demonstration version of the online survey is posted on the LSSSE website.

All J.D. students that have attended your law school for at least one semester/term will be invited to complete the LSSSE survey. Graduate law students (e.g., LLM, SJD) and students that are new to the law school in spring (e.g., new 1L, visiting, transfer, exchange students) are not included.

Every participating law school will receive a Law School Report including means and frequency distributions on all questions, comparative data for participating colleges, as well as a LSSSE data file of students' responses. In addition, student answers will be combined with those of students at other schools and summarized in the aggregate. A sample of the type of report each law school received is posted online.

Is it possible to include additional questions on the survey?

Yes. This option is available to institutions that have agreed to participate in data sharing within a self-selected institutional consortium of at least six institutions.

How can we form a consortium?

The LSSSE staff can help you form an appropriate consortium that will enable your institution to take advantage of this opportunity for data sharing and comparisons.