Researchers examine impact of law school admissions reform on diversity
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — As part of an effort to address racial inequities in the legal field, law schools in the United States are increasingly accepting the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) in place of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) as part of their admissions requirements. According to College of Education researchers, however, GRE-accepting admissions…
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LOS ANGELES TIMES — Law schools are the gateways to a legal profession that lacks diversity by race,ethnicity, gender, disability and more. An important step to creating a more diverse legal profession is to change law schools’ admission policies.
Read More about Opinion: How the LSAT affects diversity in the legal professionHoward University partners with Kaplan to offer free graduate admissions test preparation
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Howard University is partnering with Kaplan to give free test prep for graduate-level admissions exams and professional licensing exams. This test prep includes for tests such as the GRE®, GMAT®, LSAT®, and MCAT®, the bar exam, USMLE®, INBDE®, and NCLEX-RN®. And all Howard students interested in taking the exams…
Read More about Howard University partners with Kaplan to offer free graduate admissions test preparationOpinion: Schools may not be better off without admissions tests
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Critics of standardized tests won a big victory recently, as the American Bar Association came much closer to allowing law schools to go test optional. It’s not over yet: the final decision hasn’t been made, and even if law schools can go test optional, they won’t have to.
Read More about Opinion: Schools may not be better off without admissions testsABA legal ed section votes to end law school admissions test requirement starting in 2025; ABA House of Delegates to take up measure in February
REUTERS — The arm of the American Bar Association that accredits U.S. law schools on Friday voted to eliminate the longstanding requirement that schools use the Law School Admission Test or other standardized test when admitting students. But under a last-minute revision, the rule change will not go into effect until the fall of 2025—giving…
Read More about ABA legal ed section votes to end law school admissions test requirement starting in 2025; ABA House of Delegates to take up measure in FebruarySurvey: Many law schools will keep admissions test requirements
REUTERS — A new survey suggests that a significant number of law schools will continue to use the Law School Admission Test even if the American Bar Association, which accredits them, no longer requires it.
Read More about Survey: Many law schools will keep admissions test requirementsOpinion: UC Berkeley and University of Wisconsin law deans argue ending admissions test requirement could negatively impact diversity
BLOOMBERG LAW — The American Bar Association is considering a major change in legal education: eliminating the longstanding requirement that applicants for law school take a valid and reliable admissions test like the Law School Admissions Test. This change would be effective with the law school class entering in 2026.
Read More about Opinion: UC Berkeley and University of Wisconsin law deans argue ending admissions test requirement could negatively impact diversityABA section on legal education to vote on ending law school admissions testing requirement
REUTERS — Capping years of debate and a deluge of public comments, the American Bar Association is poised to do away with its longtime requirement that law schools use standardized admissions tests such as the Law School Admission Test. The ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar is scheduled…
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FORBES ADVISOR — The Law School Admission Test (LSAT)®, the most common standardized test for law school, tests logical thinking, argumentation and exceptional reading ability. If you plan to take the LSAT, knowing the ins and outs of the test is the first step to getting the score you want. An above-average LSAT score can…
Read More about Advice on taking the LSATSlight decline in law school applicant pool predicted for 2023
REUTERS — Early applicant data suggests law school may not be an especially hot ticket in 2023. As of Oct. 13, the number of law school applicants was down 12% compared to this time last year, according to the Law School Admission Council. The council cautioned that it is still early in the application cycle and that…
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