Aditya Singh, a final year student at Nalsar, is working with Jonathan Gingerich of the Program on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School to put together a survey on the current state of the Indian law school system. The study includes questions on how law students are evaluated, of the prevalence and causes of copying on research papers, and of the use of unauthorized materials in examinations in major law schools in India. Aditya says that through this research they hope to assist law schools in India in developing better methods of testing and evaluating students.
If you study in any law school or university in India, and haven’t filled this survey already, you could have look at it by clicking on the following link:
https://harvard.psr.keysurvey.com/survey/317743/1514/
More information:
Purpose of the research: To understand how law students are evaluated and determine the prevalence and causes of student copying on research papers and use of unauthorized materials on examinations in major law schools in India and to suggest reforms for law schools and regulators of legal education to improve student evaluation and promote academic integrity.
What you will do in this research: If you decide to participate, you will complete a brief survey. You will be asked several questions. Most questions will be about the format of your law school exams and writing assignments. Some questions will ask about copying on research papers for law school classes and taking study materials into examinations. Other questions will be about the policy of your law school regarding plagiarism and examination misconduct.
Time required: The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Risks: There are no anticipated risks.
Benefits: There are no direct benefits, but participating in this survey will contribute to a study aimed at developing proposals to improve academic integrity in law schools and develop better methods of testing and evaluating law students.
Confidentiality: Your responses will be kept anonymous. When research results are reported, responses will be aggregated (added together) and described in summary.
Participation and withdrawal: Your participation is completely voluntary, and you may quite at any time without penalty. You may also skip any question, but continue to complete the rest of the survey. You must be at least 18 years old to participate in this survey.
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Very nice article, I agree that through this research they hope to assist law schools in India in developing better methods of testing and evaluating students . I read some on http://www.lawisgreek.com/category/law-education/