New version of the GRE will take half as much time to complete
ABAJournal — Starting in September, the time to take the Graduate Record Examinations will be less than two hours, which is about half its current length, according to a May 31 news release from the Educational Testing Service, which is responsible for the GRE and designs the exam.
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HIGHER ED DIVE — For many years, the Law School Admission Test, or LSAT, was the exclusive exam ABA-accredited law schools relied on when reviewing students’ applications. The LSAT still is deeply ingrained in law school admissions culture, but in the last several years, a growing number of institutions have introduced more flexibility to the process.
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UMASS LAW –Applicants to UMass Law can now choose to submit either the results of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the results of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) with their law school application. In a November 2021 decision, the Council for the Section of Legal Education of the American Bar Association voted to permit…
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ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing explosive applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law. Host Patty Roberts, Dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law, will explore the opinions of legal education leaders regarding…
Read More about Podcast: Northwestern Law professor Dan Rodriguez discusses the GRE and law school admissionsLoyola Law New Orleans to accept GRE for admissions
BIZ NEW ORLEANS — The Loyola University New Orleans College of Law announced that it has changed its admissions policy to allow applicants to submit either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) to be considered for the school’s three-year Juris Doctor program. The decision comes a month after the American…
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REUTERS — After five years of debate, the American Bar Association will allow law schools to use the Graduate Record Examinations — better known as the GRE — in admissions, with no strings attached. The decision to put the GRE on equal footing with the Law School Admission Test, reached in a closed ABA session earlier this…
Read More about More law schools could accept GRE for admissions after ABA decisionABA legal education section council votes to allow GRE for law school admission under current standard
ABA JOURNAL — In a closed session, the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar recently voted in favor of allowing law schools to accept Graduate Record Examination scores from applicants in place of Law School Admission Test scores. The change is effective immediately. According to a news release, the topic…
Read More about ABA legal education section council votes to allow GRE for law school admission under current standardGRE testing organization ETS establishes Legal Education Advisory Council
ETS — As ETS continues to pursue its vision of expanding and creating new pathways to and through legal education that prioritize fairness and equity, the organization has announced today the establishment of the Legal Education Advisory Council (LEAC) to help deliver on this vision. As the pathway from considering law school attendance to obtaining legal employment…
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REUTERS — The arm of the American Bar Association that accredits law schools shouldn’t put the Graduate Record Examination on equal footing with the Law School Admission Test without more data on how it predicts first-year grades, according to a new report by researchers the ABA tasked with evaluating the GRE’s promise. The ABA’s Section of Legal…
Read More about New report recommends additional evaluation of the GRE’s ability to predict law student successMost graduate programs at UC Berkeley drop GRE requirement
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Only 13 of more than 125 graduate programs at the University of California, Berkeley, will require the Graduate Record Examination for admission next year, the university announced this week. Most departments eliminated GRE requirements last year due to difficulties applicants had in taking the exam during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the majority of…
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