Productive Mindset Interventions Mitigate Psychological Friction and Improve Well-Being for Bar Exam Takers

Authors

Victor D. Quintanilla, Maurer School of Law - Indiana UniversityFollow
Sam Erman, University of Southern California LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2020

Publication Citation

3 Raising the Bar 7 (January 2020)

Abstract

By participating in a brief productive mindset intervention, prospective lawyers improved their wellbeing and performance on the California Bar Exam. Those are the initial results of the research conducted by our interdisciplinary, multi-institutional research team with support from AccessLex Institute and in partnership with the State Bar of California. It did so by mitigating psychological friction and helping test takers reframe stressful experiences. This column discusses our findings and the implications for efforts to make evidence-based gains in bar exam performance, wellbeing, and attorney licensure systems.

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Recommended Citation

Quintanilla, Victor D. and Erman, Sam, "Productive Mindset Interventions Mitigate Psychological Friction and Improve Well-Being for Bar Exam Takers" (2020). Articles by Maurer Faculty. 2974.
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/facpub/2974