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Law
A study of law students looked at both the type preferences of law students and their dropout rate. 256
It is worth noting a significant difference in this area between INTJs and their INTP cousins: though
INTPs were slightly more likely to become law students than INTJs, they dropped out twice as
often. Simply being attracted to a particular area of study does not necessarily guarantee success in
that area.
INTJ law students had the lowest dropout ratio 257 of all types. The drop out rate for INTJs was 22
dropouts for 194 students, or ~11%. INTJs are thus the type most likely to complete law school.
(Granted, 1 out 10 INTJs did drop out, so clearly not all INTJs like law school and/or are successful
at it.)
The ISTJs and ENTJs, the sensing and extraverted cousins of the INTJs, also had very low drop out
rates; there is clearly something about law school that favors the TJ preferences. The book Do
What You Are contains a section describing an INTJ lawyer's like and dislikes about their job.
Google Books will allow you to access a short snippet out of the book which contains several
interesting insights into the INTJ lawyer experience. The entire book is recommended.
Here is a look at the sample of law students, as organized by how likely they were to attend law
school compared to the general population. For example, there were 1.69 times more ENTJs in law
school than one would normally find in the general population.
ENTJ 1.69, 285 total 37 dropped out for a 0.78 drop out ratio
ISTJ 1.43, 236 total 28 dropped out for a 0.71 drop out ratio
ESTJ 1.41, 295 total 44 dropped out for a 0.90 drop out ratio
ENTP 1.34, 245 total 46 dropped out for a 1.13 drop out ratio
INTP 1.26, 221 total 42 dropped out for a 1.15 drop out ratio
ISTP 1.23, 87 total 18 dropped out for a 1.23 drop out ratio
INTJ 1.19, 194 total 22 dropped out for a 0.68 drop out ratio
ESTP 1.03, 87 total 12 dropped out for a 1.03 drop out ratio
INFP 0.67, 120 total 31 dropped out for a 1.56 drop out ratio
ISFJ 0.62, 58 total 13 dropped out for a 1.34 drop out ratio
ENFP 0.61, 132 total 32 dropped out for a 1.45 drop out ratio
ESFJ 0.60, 80 total 14 dropped out for a 1.04 drop out ratio
ENFJ 0.57, 75 total 14 dropped out for a 1.13 drop out ratio
ISFP 0.52, 33 total 7 dropped out for a 1.25 drop out ratio
INFJ 0.51, 58 total 58 dropped out for a 0.82 drop out ratio
ESFP 0.44, 42 total 6 dropped out for a 0.84 drop out ratio
256 Miller in Myers & Myers, 1980
257 The "drop out ratio" is simply a measure of how likely a type was to drop out compared to the sample as a whole.
For example, the drop out rate of the entire sample was 374 dropouts for 2,248 students (~17%). The drop out rate
for INTJs was 22 dropouts for 194 students, or ~11%. 11% divided by 17% gives a 0.68 drop out ratio for INTJs,
the lowest of all types.