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42 Law & Psychol. Rev. 1 (2017-2018)
The Jury Is in: Law Schools Foster Students' Fixed Mindsets

handle is hein.journals/lpsyr42 and id is 13 raw text is: THE JURY IS IN: LAW SCHOOLS FOSTER STUDENTS' FIXED MINDSETS Sue Shapcott, Ph.D.., Sarah Davis, JD., MP.A., Lane Hanson, MS. W. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...................2.......... ...............2 I.THE PROBLEMS WITH LAWYERS: DEPRESSION AND LACK OF RESILIENCE DEPRESSION ..............4........... ................4 A. Depression ........................................4 B. Resilience ............................. .........6 II. MINDSET AS THE FULCRUM: How THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE EXPLAIN MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS AND POOR MENTAL HEALTH.............8 A. Theories ofIntelligence: Mindset ........ .............8 B. Organizational Mindset .................. .........12 C. Mindset and Mental Health ....................16 D. Mindest and Resiliency............................18 III. OUR STUDY AND FINDINGS.................................19 A. Method.......................................20 B. Participants......................... ..............20 C. Procedure.................... .................21 D. Measures. .....................................21 1. Theories of Intelligence: Mindset.....................21 2. Interpreting Mindsets..............................22 . Results. .........................................22 1. Theories of Intelligence: Mindset ....................22 2. Law School Ranking and Mindsets.... ................24 3. Gender and Mindsets ............. ................25 4. Interpreting Mindsets .......................26 IV. SO WHAT?: INTERPRETING LAW STUDENTS' MINDSETS AND NEXT STEPS .......................2.....8........... 28 A. Discussion ....................................28 1. Overall Findings.................................28 2. Gender and Mindsets .............................29 3. Limitations .....................................30 4. Implications....................................31 B. Next Steps: Teaching and Organizational Interventions ...........32 1

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