Lawyers argue for a living and to formulate a cogent argument, one needs quick wits, something an average lawyer certainly does not lack. Law schools and bar exams are demanding, hurdles that only people with above average IQ can conquer. For a good reason too.
Whether or not doctors in the USA exhibit this quality is a different debate, but the fact remains that medicine tops our list of professions with the highest average IQ per employee. Show more...
IQ Classifications Classification IQ Score Percent Included Percent Included Average 90-109 50.0 50.3 Low Average* 80-89 16.1 14.8 Borderline 70-79 6.7 6.5 Extremely Low* ** 69 and below 2.2 1.9 4 more rows ...
People with IQ of 60 to 70 usually are very pleasant. They are a bit slow, they have difficulties of understanding things, they take everything literally and they don’t understand abstractions, metaphors, similes or other figures of speech.
The average score of 100 does not refer to actual IQ, which would leave lawyers with an alarming average IQ of just 108.
The study, carried out by the Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) at Bristol University, suggested that lawyers have moved closer to average intelligence over the past 12 years.
The first defence of any law firm or chambers when confronted with this fact is that they hire purely on merit, regardless of background. The CMPO study challenges this argument. It found that, although the comparative wealth of lawyers’ parents had increased between the two study groups – born in 1958 and 1970 – their scores in IQ tests had moved ...
BPP College principle Carl Lygo argues that a relative fall in ability might not be such a bad thing.
It is possible that the average person in the UK is now better educated than in the past , but it is difficult to prove either way. If, as this research suggests, the law now calls on a Âbroader range of abilities than in the past, this should be welcomed. As many posters pointed out, IQ is not the only measure of intelligence.
As many posters pointed out, IQ is not the only measure of intelligence. Whether it will be Âwelcomed by the legal profession or not is a Âdifferent matter. After all, ignorance is bliss.
The lawyers will tell you they are only serving the best interests of the client. However, in the wrong hands this is just an excuse. Court room antics have become a game of “winning”. Some people even think a “good” lawyer is someone who wins when his/her “side” should have lost (and justice has been subverted).
The I.Q.'s are expressed on a scale with a general population mean of 100 and standard deviation of 15. They refer to scores on adult tests only, by adult norms. The exact cut-offs for the ranges are arbitrary, and one should realize that functioning may depend on more than I.Q. alone.
The most intelligent non-human animals, such as some crows, chimpanzees, bonobos, parrots, and dolphins, are in this range. Bonobo or chimpanzee I.Q. scores are sometimes even quoted as high as 80 or 90, but those are childhood age-peer scores that correspond to adult I.Q.'s of only just over 40.
About 113 back in 1992-94 with a wide variation. But, this depends. The law degree is getting a lot more diluted these days.
In addition it is known that I.Q. has the greatest significance to real-life functioning (and the highest correlation with " g " , the common factor shared by all mental ability tests) at its lower and average ranges, and becomes less important as one goes higher; the more you have of it, the less important it gets, just as with money. It is unknown whether I.Q.'s beyond about 140 have any extra significance.
And, this is the range into which men of average or just above average intelligence sink when under the influence of alcohol; alcohol reduces I.Q. by up to about 25 points while drunk (own data), which explains why many drunk men are violent and aggressive (own hypothesis).
But as in all cases IQ is only one marker. It has to be understood that anyone with an IQ of around 100 can do just about anything they want. In the case of legal people there are a fair number with IQs of less than 100. This is really important information to a person starting out on life’s adventure.
The I.Q.'s are expressed on a scale with a general population mean of 100 and standard deviation of 15. They refer to scores on adult tests only, by adult norms. The exact cut-offs for the ranges are arbitrary, and one should realize that functioning may depend on more than I.Q. alone.
In addition it is known that I.Q. has the greatest significance to real-life functioning (and the highest correlation with " g " , the common factor shared by all mental ability tests) at its lower and average ranges, and becomes less important as one goes higher; the more you have of it, the less important it gets, just as with money. It is unknown whether I.Q.'s beyond about 140 have any extra significance.
And, this is the range into which men of average or just above average intelligence sink when under the influence of alcohol; alcohol reduces I.Q. by up to about 25 points while drunk (own data), which explains why many drunk men are violent and aggressive (own hypothesis).
The most intelligent non-human animals, such as some crows, chimpanzees, bonobos, parrots, and dolphins, are in this range. Bonobo or chimpanzee I.Q. scores are sometimes even quoted as high as 80 or 90, but those are childhood age-peer scores that correspond to adult I.Q.'s of only just over 40.