MONTREAL — Gilles Villeneuve’s helmet from his final Formula One race in 1982 has sold for a record US$1.25 million ($1.727 million), according to a motorsports memorabilia collector.

Grades are one of the two most important factors in law school admissions, along with standardized test scores on the LSAT or GRE. There are three reasons for this. First, studies have shown that ...