Study of 1Ls' Time Management Problems
"Time Famine" Begins in Law School and Later Creates Law Practice Unhappiness Christine P. Bartholomew (SUNY-Buffalo), Time: An Empirical Analysis of Law Student Time Management Deficiencies , 81 U. Cin. L. Rev. 897 (2013): This Article begins the much needed research on law students’ time famine. Time management complaints begin early in students’ legal education and generally go unresolved. As a result, practicing attorneys identify time famine as a leading cause of job dissatisfaction. To better arm graduating students, law schools must treat time as an essential component of practice-readiness. Unfortunately, most law schools ignore their students’ time management concerns, despite growing calls for greater “skills” training in legal education. * * * [T]his Article presents a psychometric study of 1Ls – the first study to ever quantify law students’ time management problems. The study identifies five specific dimensions 1Ls lack: perceived control...