Contracts Law Contributing the Greatest to MBE Performance

Were you aware of this?  A first-of-its-kind study exploring the relationship between specific law school courses and components of the bar exam has identified Contracts as making the greatest contribution to performance on the Multistate Bar Examination among first-time takers.  Most of the other MBE-subject courses showed no significant contribution to overall MBE performance.  Austin, Christopher, and Dickerson, Will I Pass the Bar Exam?: Predicting Student Success Using LSAT Scores and Law School Performance, 45 Hofstra Law Review 753, 772 (2017), available here: http://www.hofstralawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BB.2.Austin-et-al.NEW_.pdf

Hat tip to Otto Stockmeyer for this story!