Deborah Jones Merritt

Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Professor of Law

55 West 12th Avenue

Columbus, OH 43210

United States

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1.

The Bar Exam and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Need for Immediate Action

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 537 (2020), UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper , Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-54
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 23 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2023
Claudia Angelos, Sara Berman, Mary Lu Bilek, Carol L. Chomsky, Andrea Anne Curcio, Marsha Griggs, Joan W. Howarth, Eileen R. Kaufman, Deborah Jones Merritt, Patricia Salkin and Judith W. Wegner
New York University (NYU), USC Gould School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law, Georgia State University - College of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Touro University - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Touro University - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and University of North Carolina School of Law
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licensing, bar exam, coronavirus

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What Happened to the Class of 2010? Empirical Evidence of Structural Change in the Legal Profession

Michigan State Law Review, p. 1043, 2015, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 290, HLS Center on the Legal Profession Research Paper No. 2015-3
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 13 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2016
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Legal Education, Legal Profession, Structural Change, Employment, Gender, Empirical

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Bias, the Brain, and Student Evaluations of Teaching

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 87
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 18 Feb 2007
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Formative Assessments: A Law School Case Study

94 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 387 (2017) , Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 392
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2023
Deborah Jones Merritt, Ruth Colker, Ellen E. Deason, Monte Smith and Abigail Shoben
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and Ohio State University (OSU) - College of Medicine and Public Health
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Assessment, Pedagogy

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Raising the Bar: A Social Science Critique of Recent Increases to Passing Scores on the Bar Exam

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Dec 2000
Deborah Jones Merritt, Lowell L. Hargens and Barbara F. Reskin
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, University of Washington - Sociology and Harvard University - Department of Sociology
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Bar exam, passing score, cut score, statistics, competition, diversity, legal profession

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Legal Education in the Age of Cognitive Science and Advanced Classroom Technology

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 94, Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies Working Paper No. 63
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Aug 2007
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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teaching, law students

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Unleashing Market Forces in Legal Education and the Legal Profession

26 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 367 (2013), Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 180
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2023
Deborah Jones Merritt and Daniel C. Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and Independent
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markets, legal education, Tamanaha, law schools, ABA, legal ethics, model rules of professional conduct

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Hippocrates and Socrates: Professional Obligations to Educate the Next Generation

51 Wake Forest L. Rev. 403 (2016) , Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 327
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 25 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2023
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Legal education, Mentoring, Professional Ethics

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Is the Tort System in Crisis? New Empirical Evidence

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 60, No. 2, 1999
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 25 Oct 1999
Deborah Jones Merritt and Kathryn Ann Barry
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Building a Better Bar: The Twelve Building Blocks of Minimum Competence

AccessLex Institute Research Paper No. 21-02, Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 624
Number of pages: 108 Posted: 26 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2021
Deborah Jones Merritt and Logan Cornett
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and University of Denver - Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System
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bar exam, minimum competence, law school, law

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The Sixth Amendment and Hearsay: An Introduction for Students and Practitioners

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 150
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2011
Deborah Jones Merritt and Ric Simmons
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Hearsay, Testimonial, Sixth Amendment, Confrontation clause, Criminal Trials

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Pedagogy, Progress, and Portfolios

Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2010, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper 122
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 18 May 2010
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Portfolios, Pedagogy, Legal Education, ADR, Negotiation, Skills

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Cognition and Justice: New Ways to Think Like a Lawyer

69 Ark. L. Rev. 47 (2016-2017), Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 335
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2023
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Legal Education, Mentoring, Professional Ethics

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Gender Equity in Law School Enrollment: An Elusive Goal

69 Journal of Legal Education 102 (Autumn 2019), Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 508
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2023
Deborah Jones Merritt and Kyle P. McEntee
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and Law School Transparency
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Gender, Equity, Law Schools, Legal Education, Legal Profession

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The Job Gap, the Money Gap, and the Responsibility of Legal Educators

Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 41, 2012, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 197
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Mar 2013
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Jobs, Legal Education

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Agreements to Improve Student Aid: An Antitrust Perspective

67 Journal of Legal Education 17 (Autumn 2017), Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 406
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2023
Deborah Jones Merritt and Andrew Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and Independent
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Scholarships, Discounting, Legal Education, Access, Price Discrimination

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Responsibility-Rights in the Legal Profession

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 164
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Jan 2012
Deborah Jones Merritt and Daniel C. Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and Independent
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Professional Responsibility, Ethics, Legal Profession, Rights, Duties

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Stalking Secret Law: What Predicts Publication in the United States Courts of Appeals

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 16 Oct 2000
Deborah Jones Merritt and James J. Brudney
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and Fordham University School of Law
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Judicial Hostility Toward Labor Unions? Applying the Social Background Model to a Celebrated Concern

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Judicial Hostility Toward Labor Unions? Applying the Social Background Model to a Celebrated Concern

Number of pages: 96 Posted: 26 Apr 2000
James J. Brudney, Sara Schiavoni and Deborah Jones Merritt
Fordham University School of Law, John Carroll University - Department of Political Science and Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Judicial Hostility Toward Labor Unions? Applying the Social Background Model to a Celebrated Concern

Posted: 18 Apr 2001
James J. Brudney, Sara Schiavoni and Deborah Jones Merritt
Fordham University School of Law, John Carroll University - Department of Political Science and Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

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Piercing the Brilliant Veil: Two Stories of American Racism

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 85, p. 1255, 2010, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 129
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 02 Aug 2010
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Diploma Privilege and the Constitution

73 SMU Law Review Forum 168 (2020), Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-53
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 28 May 2020 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2023
Claudia Angelos, Sara Berman, Mary Lu Bilek, Carol L. Chomsky, Andrea Anne Curcio, Marsha Griggs, Joan W. Howarth, Eileen R. Kaufman, Deborah Jones Merritt, Patricia Salkin and Judith W. Wegner
New York University (NYU), USC Gould School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law, Georgia State University - College of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Touro University - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Touro University - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and University of North Carolina School of Law
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diploma privilege, constitution, bar exam, dormant commerce clause

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The Future of Religious Pluralism: Justice O'Connor and the Establishment Clause

Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 895-948, 2007
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 Feb 2010
Deborah Jones Merritt and Daniel C. Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and Independent
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Justice O'Connor, Establishment Clause, Religious Pluralism, First Amendment, History, Psychology

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Brown's Legacy: The Promises and Pitfalls of Judicial Relief

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 25 Mar 2005
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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race, discrimination, equality, litigation, welfare

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The Music of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 597, Harvard Law Review, Vol. 131, No. 1, 2021
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 09 Feb 2021
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Enhancing the Validity and Fairness of Lawyer Licensing: Empirical Evidence Supporting Innovative Pathways

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 800, Washington University Journal of Law & Policy (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 13 Sep 2023
Deborah Jones Merritt, Andrea Anne Curcio and Eileen R. Kaufman
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Georgia State University - College of Law and Touro University - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
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bar exam, licensing, legal education, law schools

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Trial Evidence 2011: Advocacy, Analysis, & Illustrations

28 Touro L. Rev. 1 (2012), Touro Law Center Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Feb 2014
Martin A. Schwartz, Deborah Jones Merritt and William Young
Touro University - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
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evidentiary rules, Federal Rules of Evidence, New York evidence law, character evidence, prejudice, relevance, hearsay

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Client-Centered Legal Education and Licensing

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 767, Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 107, 2023
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 May 2023
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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legal education, licensing, bar exam

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Scholarly Influence in a Diverse Legal Academy: Race, Sex, and Citation Counts

Posted: 07 Jul 2001
Deborah Jones Merritt
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

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