1. July 18, 2014 Conrad Hilton Chicago, IL

2. Introductions  Scott Norberg – Deputy Consultant  Ken Williams – Data Specialist  Bojan Stankovic – Project Associate

3.  Annual Questionnaire for 2014-2015 ◦ Background ◦ Updates/Revisions to Annual Questionnaire ◦ Changes to Online System  ABAQuest web-based application ◦ Functionality ◦ Reports  Important Deadlines  Q&A

4.  Required of every approved law school, provisionally approved law school, and law schools seeking provisional approval.  Requirement of the Department of Education  Critical Part of Accreditation Process  Facilitates streamlined input for Site Evaluation Questionnaire

5.  Downloadable editable copies of each part of the Annual Questionnaire can be found on the Questionnaire webpage ◦ www.americanbar.org/legaled Then click on Questionnaires www.americanbar.org/legaled  Can also find ◦ Links to ABAQuest and Major Change Questionnaires ◦ Upcoming events ◦ All Questionnaires with deadlines ◦ Dean’s signature pages ◦ Training Materials

6.  Data Reporting ◦ Take-off reports ◦ Section website Legal Education Statistics ◦ Ad Hoc data request

7.  Home Screen Upon Login  Part 1 - General Information – 509 Reporting  Part 2 - Admissions Information – ◦ LSAT Certification ◦ Transfers Reporting  Part 3 – Library & IT – No Change  Part 4 – Scholarships – Conditional Scholarships  Part 5 – Profiles – Elimination of S/F Ratio  Part 6 – Fiscal – No Change  Part 7 – Foreign Programs – Minor Changes

8.  Made up for 7 Parts 1.General School Information 2.Admission Information 3.Library & IT Information 4.Scholarships 5.Administrator and Teacher Profiles 6.Fiscal Information 7.Semester Programs

10.  New PDF Instructions  Glossary/Definitions  FAQ’s

11.  Background ◦ Contains the Annual Questionnaire, Site Evaluation Questionnaire, Employment Questionnaire. ◦ Reporting systems: 509 Standard Report System, Employment Summary Report System, Take Odd Reporting System ◦ While the application will have scheduled, announced maintenance, the application will be accessible 24/7 from any computer with an internet connection

12.  Functionality ◦ User Ids and Levels of Access  Each school will have an Admin user id and password  Has full read/write access to all portions of the questionnaires  Only Admin user id can create/update user ids  Only Admin user id can submit finalized Annual Questionnaire

13.  Create New User Ids ◦ Required fields  User id  Password  Name  Email Address  Status indicator  Active vs. Inactive

14.  Level of Access ◦ Write – can edit any data element and can lock/unlock pages ◦ Read – can view any page, but cannot edit ◦ Default access is full write/read access to all sections of the Annual Questionnaire and Site Evaluation Questionnaire ◦ Levels of access can be mixed and matched ◦ If no level is selected, there is NO access to that section

15. Scott Norberg – Deputy Consultant  Transfer Students  Matriculants (Consent decree from LSAC)  S/F Ratio

20.  Bar Passage Have to enter first-time bar passage data for 2012 Based on Interpretation 301-6

21. Where a graduate took the bar examination twice in one administration (e.g., twice in February 2012 or twice in July 2012), the graduate shall be reported as having passed the bar if the graduate passed the exam in either or both of the jurisdictions, provided that the school is reporting bar pass results for a jurisdiction in which the graduate passed. If the graduate failed the bar exam in both jurisdictions, the graduate shall be reported once as not having passed, again provided that the school is reporting bar pass results for a jurisdiction in which the graduate did not pass. To reiterate, a graduate is counted as one passer even if the graduate passed the exam in both jurisdictions.

22. Bar Exam Outcomes Number of Takers Reported as Pass, Pass 1 Taker 1 Passer* Pass, Fail 1 Taker 1 Passer* Fail, Fail 1 Taker 0 Passers** * provided that the school is reporting bar pass results for a jurisdiction in which the graduate passed. ** provided that the school is reporting bar pass results for a jurisdiction in which the graduate did not pass

52.  Totals ◦ Sub Totals are in RED ◦ Grand Totals are in BOLDED RED

53.  Reports ◦ Printouts of individual sections within each Part ◦ Printouts of individual profiles ◦ Faculty Resource Summary Report ◦ Administrator Resource Summary Report

54.  The Annual Questionnaire is due October 31, 2015

55.  ABAQuestionnaire Listserve  www.americanbar.org/legaled and click on Questionnaire link www.americanbar.org/legaled  Contact me at kenneth.williams@americanbar.org or 312.988.6739 kenneth.williams@americanbar.org  Bojan.stankovic@americanbar.org or 312.988.5303 Bojan.stankovic@americanbar.org