Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Session 2, 11:30am-12:15pm
"The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades": A Study of Hope, Optimism and Well-Being in Law School
Allison Martin & Kevin Rand
Program Code: T2C
Do hope and optimism predict future performance and well-being in law school? In this presentation, we will reveal our findings about first-year law students’ measured hope, optimism and well-being during their first semester, and compare those measures to their law school grades.