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An empirical investigation  \nAbstract  \nProspective students of law are required to demonstrate competence in certain disciplines to attain admission to law school. The grounding in the disciplines is expected to demonstrate competencies required to excel academically in law school. This study investigates the relevance of law school admission test to predicting the competencies. The assessment is based on administrative records of 815 students admitted at Makerere University’s law school on the basis of their performance in the test. Grades obtained in Advanced Level (A-Level) of secondary education subjects namely Literature, History, Divinity and Economics were adopted as a measure of competence in the disciplines. The outcome of the test was modeled by performance of enrollees in the subject, their characteristics (gender, nationality, entry scheme and academic qualifications at enrollment) and first year grade point average using a quantile regression. With the exception of enrollees’ characteristics, no significant variations in the outcome of the test were noted in the results between students who did not do the subjects at A-Level and those who obtained grade A (p > 0.05). Similar findings in performance were noted between students who obtained grade A and those with other grades in the disciplines. These findings confirm that the outcome of the test does not predict academic ability of prospective students of law.  \nKeywords: Admission tests, law school, academic achievement.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nProspective students of law are required to possess certain skills that would enable them excel academically in law school. The requirements for admission to law school in various academic and/or related institutions demonstrate this argument. For example, the requirements for admission to law school at the University of Texas (UTSA) stipulate that enrollees should demonstrate competence in four major areas: (i) communication – writing in English, critical proficiency in oral and graphical communication as well as ability to identify, formulate problems and draw conclusions; (ii) conceptual approaches and history of arts – ability to comprehend factual concepts and human creativity; (iii) political and economic dimensions of a society; and (iv) cultural diversity, including nature as well as limits of knowledge and academic fields (UTSA, 2013) . The guidelines according to the Alabama State Bar, an association of lawyers in the United States of America (USA), do not show otherwise with regard to the competencies. Their emphasis is made to grounding of enrollees in analytical writing, English and Literature, Political science, Economics and Accounting, History, Philosophy, Logic, Scientific methods and Public speaking (Alabama State Bar, 2013) . Literature elsewhere (e.g., John Hopkins University, 2013; Nalukenge, Wamala & Ocaya, 2014 ; University of Canterbury, 2013) affirm the relevance of these disciplines in demonstrating competencies required by prospective students of law. While the parenting hand book of John Hopkins University stipulates that competence in the disciplines namely Economics, History, Political thoughts and Mathematics provides a basis for knowledge in resolving disputes, Nalukenge et al.’s (2014) demonstrate that competence in History, Divinity and Literature predicts academic achievement in law school. However, the guidelines for admission at the University of Canterbury stipulate that enrollees with science, mathematics, music or art background can only succeed in law school if they possess good language and writing skills (University of Canterbury, 2013) . Indeed  \n, a more recent study undertaken in Uganda documents that competence in Literature undertaken at A-Level of secondary education has been associated with high academic achievement in law school (Nalukenge et al., 2014) .  \nOther than the academic achievement, ","cbCaik6nYNzakFFE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaik6nYNzakFFE","pdf",209877,25,"English","# Introduction\n## Overview of law school admission tests","[{\"question\":\"What does the study examine about law school admission tests?\",\"answer\":\"It investigates whether the law school admission test predicts the competencies required to excel academically in law school.\"},{\"question\":\"How are “competence” and student performance measured in the study?\",\"answer\":\"Competence is measured using grades from Advanced Level subjects (Literature, History, Divinity, and Economics), and academic ability is reflected through first-year grade point average.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the study’s main finding regarding predictive power?\",\"answer\":\"Except for variations related to enrollees’ characteristics, the test outcomes do not show significant differences in academic performance, confirming that the admission test does not predict prospective students’ academic ability.\"}]","Makerere-CoBAMS-Law-School-admission-examination-and-compentencies-Dr-Wamala-Robert | PDF",63]