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The Law School Admission Council Research Grant Program funds research on a wide variety of
topics related to the mission of LSAC. Specifically included in the program’s scope are projects
investigating precursors to legal training, selection into law schools, legal education, and the legal
profession. To be eligible for funding, a research project must inform either the process of selecting
law students or legal education itself in a demonstrable way. Proposals are judged on the
importance of the questions addressed, their relevance to the mission of LSAC, the quality of the
research designs, and the capacity of the researchers to carry out the project.
During the 2009–2011 biennium, the LSAC Test Development and Research Committee approved
the following reports for publication, including internal staff research, research funded through the
Research Grant Program, and contract research.
Research
RESEARCH REPORTS
Research Report 09-02
Distributions of Kullback-Leibler Divergence
and Its Application for the LSAT
Dmitry I. Belov and Ronald D. Armstrong
Research Report 10-01
Application of the M-Index for the LSAT
Dmitry I. Belov and Ronald D. Armstrong
Research Report 10-02
Application of the VM-Index for the LSAT
Dmitry I. Belov
Research Report 11-01
Optimizing Information Using the Expectation-
Maximization Algorithm in Item Response
Theory
Alexander Weissman
Research Report 11-02
Assessing the Impact of Topic Interest on
Comprehension Processes
Joseph P. Magliano, Amanda M. Durik, and
Janet K. Holt
GRANT REPORTS
Grant Reports 10-01
The Educational Diversity Project: Analysis of
Longitudinal and Concurrent Student and
Faculty Data
Charles E. Daye, Abigail T. Panter, Walter R.
Allen, and Linda F. Wightman
Grant Report 11-01
From 1L to 401K: A Pilot Study of the Later
Stages of Lawyers’ Careers
Nancy Reichman