Validity and fairness of an admissions test for law studies

The present study examines the prognostic validity and gender fairness of a written admissions procedure for law studies in which the A-level is combined with a specific admissions test. Gender fairness is analyzed by means of two different methods. The data of 579 graduates of the Bucerius Law School are investigated. The results show that the admissions procedure and the admissions test are valid and fair. On the subtest level, the picture is more varied: the specific and complex subtests in this study are more valid and fair than the unspecific subtests.