Higher-grade mathematics the formula for success? Establishing the odds for prospective LLB students

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Kok, Anton

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Juta Law

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It is human nature to look for a simple solution to a difficult problem. I have been trying to find such an answer to a question that vexes me:Would it be possible for a law faculty to establish which applicants are most likely to succeed in their LLB studies; that is, what criteria could be developed to predict which applicants would obtain their LLB degrees in the minimum time (four years)? In a time of diminishing state subsidies and pressure on universities to improve the pass rate or ‘throughput’ rate of students, it seems prudent to attempt to answer this question.

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Law students, LLB studies

Sustainable Development Goals

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Kok, A 2007, 'Higher-grade mathematics the formula for success? Establishing the odds for prospective LLB students', South African Law Journal, vol. 124, no. 1, pp. 47-56. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_ju_salj.html]