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 Name  Title  School  Level of Experience with Questionnaires

 Site Evaluation Questionnaire ◦ Textual Questions ◦ Data Entry ◦ Reports and Attachments  Updates or Changes  Preparing and Sending the Materials  2014 Annual Questionnaire  Q&A

 Only completed by schools that are scheduled for a sabbatical site visit, schools applying for provisional status, or provisionally approved schools on specific years (Years 2, 4, and 5)  Provisionally approved schools will complete the Limited Site Evaluation Questionnaire in Years 1 and 3  Combination of data pulled from up to 3 years of Annual Questionnaires, and data entered directly into the SEQ and responses to textual questions.

 Made up of 3 parts ◦ Textual Questions ◦ Data Entry ◦ Reports and Attachments  Completed and printed using standard word processing  A Word Version can be downloaded from the Questionnaire Website

 Made up of 10 different sections: 1.History of the Law School and University 2.Self Study 3.Program of Legal Education 4.Faculty 5.Students 6.Administration 7.Information Resources – Law Library 8.Computer Technology and Information Delivery 9.Law School Finances and University Support 10. Facilities

 The majority of textual questions are tied directly to a Standard or an Interpretation ◦ For those questions not tied directly to a Standard or an Interpretation, the information gathered is vital to the site team

 New questions.  NOTE: Some questions will not apply to your school. It is ok to answer N/A.

 Additional information to supplement data from the Annual Questionnaires  Feeds a number of reports needed by the Site Visit team  MUST be filled out using the ABAQuest website ◦ ABAQuest will be updated for 2015 in early January ◦ There is a link on the Questionnaire webpage for ABAQuest ◦

Scott Norberg – Deputy Consultant  Revised Standards  Future implications

 Logging into ABAQuest ◦ Each school has an Administrator ID  Can set up other ids and levels of access  Only ID that can do final submission of Annual Questionnaire ◦ Ids can have  Full Read/Write access to all sections of the AQ and the SEQ (default setting)  Read/Write access to specific sections of the AQ and the SEQ

 Home screen (visit date/submission deadline)

 School Information section (“Page Complete” buttons and new section)

 SEQ Reports (“Preliminary Data” watermark)

 Admin section (submitting SEQ and DSP)

 Made up of 6 Sections 1. Courses 2. Students 3. Staff 4. Fiscal 5. University Income and Expense 6. Bar Passage

 Courses ◦ Calendar Year (Spring, Summer, Fall) ◦ Screen will list all full-time and part-time teaching resources that have been entered into the Profiles section of the Annual Questionnaire

 To add a course for a teaching resource ◦ Select a faculty member name ◦ Click on “ADD COURSE” ◦ Enter at least required data (fields indicated with “*”)  Course Title  Term  Credit Hours  Students ◦ Click “SUBMIT”

 To edit an existing course ◦ Select a faculty member name ◦ Select a course from drop down box ◦ Make change to course details ◦ Click “SUBMIT”  To delete an existing course ◦ Select a faculty member name ◦ Select a course from drop down box ◦ Click “DELETE” ◦ Confirm Delete

 Students ◦ Three type of students entered using this screen  Entering Students (JD1s)  Transfer Students  Readmitted Students ◦ All students entering, transferring, or readmitted during the current and prior academic year need to be included ◦ An unique student number is required for each entry  Doesn’t have to be SSN

 Additional required fields for transfer students ◦ Transfer Law School GPA ◦ Transfer Credit Hours ◦ Transfer Law School  Additional required fields for readmitted students ◦ Readmitted Law School GPA  First and Last Name are optional, but EXTREMELY helpful

 Faculty Qualifications ◦ Screen will list all staff that have been entered into the Profiles section of the current Annual Questionnaire  Teaching Faculty, Administrators, and Librarians and Staff Holding Faculty Rank - Information to be entered  Law Degree School and Year  Years of Full Time Teaching  Years of Full Time Practice  Additional Graduate Degrees, Schools, and Years

 To add or edit staff information ◦ Select a staff name from the list ◦ Enter data or change existing data ◦ Click “SUBMIT”

 Fiscal (Current Budgeted Year) ◦ These are the same questions as the Fiscal Section (Part 6) of the Annual Questionnaire

 University Income and Expense ◦ Current Budget Year and Last 2 Completed Fiscal Years  Not as detailed as the Fiscal Section, but extensive  Independent law schools do not have to complete this section

 Bar Passage Have to enter first-time bar passage data for 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008  Based on Interpretation  Data entry fields are the same as the current Annual Questionnaire

 Reports are related and receive data from: ◦ The completed Annual Questionnaires for the current year and the 2 prior years ◦ The data entry section of the Site Evaluation Questionnaire  Data is automatically pulled from multiple sources to complete the reports

 Attachments are related to the textual questions found in the Site Evaluation Questionnaire  There are 3 types of attachments: ◦ General – sent to all site visit members and the ABA ◦ Supplementary – sent to site visit chair, specific member(s) of the team, and the ABA ◦ On-site – made available for team members during the visit. Copies are sent to the ABA.

 Textual Questions should go together ◦ Put each of the 10 sections of the textual questions within their own tab with a table of contents at the beginning of the materials  All reports and attachments should go together by section  3-ring binders are a good thing

 All the materials are due 6 weeks before the site visit  Hard Copies ◦ 1 full set mailed to the ABA in Chicago ◦ 1 copy on DVD or flash drive ◦ 1 set to each Site Team member ◦ 2 full sets to AALS (if applicable) ◦ At least 1 full set on-site for the Site Team’s use  Electronic Copies ◦ There is no online data submission; however Site Team members might request an electronic copy of the Textual questions

 Mailing Address for the Office of the Consultant on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar Attn: Site Visit Administrations 321 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654

 The Annual Questionnaire is due October 31, 2014  If you have a Fall 2014 visit, you are required to complete all of the Annual Questionnaire except for the October 6th enrollment prior to mailing the materials to the Site Team  If the visit takes place after October 6th, the enrollment figures from October 6th should be made available to the Site Team members during the visit  If the visit takes place before October 1, an enrollment “as of date” should be agreed upon by the school and the team chair and should be made available to the Site Team members.

 ABAQuestionnaire Listserve  and click on Questionnaire link  Contact Ken Williams at or  Contact Bojan Stankovic at or