Law school deans propose compromise on ABA section proposal to make law schools test-optional
REUTERS — Deans from more than half the nation’s law schools are working to salvage a longstanding rule that requires schools to use the Law School Admission Test or other standardized tests when admitting students. Instead of letting law schools go fully test-optional as planned, the deans want the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and…
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Spending the sunny summer months studying for a strenuous standardized test may be no one’s vision for a fun summer, but it’s the right move for many law school applicants. Since the law school admissions process is rolling, applicants should submit their applications by early November for their best odds. The ideal time to…
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — Starting in August, students will have the option to take the Law School Admission Test remotely or in person at a testing center, announced the Law School Admission Council on Monday. Both options will be offered throughout the 2023-2024 testing cycle and available to most test-takers. The LSAT Writing essay portion…
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FORBES — Law schools are known for their demanding admissions requirements. The most common standardized test that law schools consider is the Law School Admission Test (LSAT)®. The LSAT tests your reasoning, reading comprehension and writing skills as they apply to concepts covered in law school. Law schools use the LSAT to determine whether applicants…
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ABA JOURNAL — The council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar on Friday voted in favor of resubmitting to the House of Delegates a proposal to eliminate a requirement that accredited law schools use an admissions test like the LSAT or GRE.
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NEW YORK TIMES — One part of the American Bar Association is trying to drop the test requirement for law schools, while another has voted to retain it — and both sides say diversity is the reason.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The American Bar Association voted Monday to reject a proposal to let law schools become test optional. The vote by the association’s governing House of Delegates was a major victory for the producers of the Law School Admission Test and the Graduate Record Examinations, which had lobbied hard against it. This…
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REUTERS — The push to make law school admissions “test optional” is not dead yet, even after the American Bar Association’s policymaking body this week rejected a bid to end the rule that schools use the Law School Admission Test or another standardized exam when assessing applicants.
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FORBES ADVISOR — The Law School Admission Test (LSAT)® is known as the standard admission test for law school, but more than half of law schools accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA)® now also accept Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)® scores for admissions. Law schools can open doors to nontraditional students and diversify the law…
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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD — Last month, an American Bar Association council responsible for accreditation voted to stop requiring that applicants to accredited law schools submit a standardized test score. The ABA’s House of Delegates, the organization’s wider governing body, will conduct a final vote on the proposed change in February.
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