Association of American Law SchoolsGRE Archives • AALS https://www.aals.org/news/gre/ Advancing Excellence in Legal Education Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:29:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://www.aals.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/cropped-AALS_LogoTwoTone_7470-32x32.png GRE Archives • AALS https://www.aals.org/news/gre/ 32 32 New version of the GRE will take half as much time to complete https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new-gre-will-take-half-as-much-time-ets-announces https://www.aals.org/new-version-of-the-gre-will-take-half-as-much-time-to-complete/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:31:07 +0000 https://www.aals.org/?p=98566 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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]]> https://www.aals.org/new-version-of-the-gre-will-take-half-as-much-time-to-complete/feed/ 0 A look at the law schools accepting the GRE for admissions https://www.highereddive.com/news/more-than-half-of-aba-accredited-law-schools-accept-the-gre-for-admissions/633416/ https://www.aals.org/a-look-at-the-law-schools-accepting-the-gre-for-admissions/#respond Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:08:00 +0000 https://www.aals.org/?p=87009 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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]]> https://www.aals.org/a-look-at-the-law-schools-accepting-the-gre-for-admissions/feed/ 0 UMass Law accepts GRE for admissions https://www.umassd.edu/news/law-news/umass-law-accepts-gre-test-results-for-admissions-criteria.html https://www.aals.org/umass-law-accepts-gre-for-admissions/#respond Wed, 06 Apr 2022 13:50:02 +0000 https://www.aals.org/?p=80400 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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]]> https://www.aals.org/umass-law-accepts-gre-for-admissions/feed/ 0 Podcast: Northwestern Law professor Dan Rodriguez discusses the GRE and law school admissions https://anchor.fm/patricia-roberts2/episodes/41--Conversation-with-David-Klieger--Senior-Research-Scientist-at-ETS--and-Dan-Rodriguez--Harold-Washington-Professor-and-Dean-Emeritus--Northwestern-Law-e1dspcc https://www.aals.org/podcast-northwestern-law-professor-dan-rodriguez-discusses-the-gre-and-law-school-admissions/#respond Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:19:45 +0000 https://www.aals.org/?p=78247 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...

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]]> https://www.aals.org/podcast-northwestern-law-professor-dan-rodriguez-discusses-the-gre-and-law-school-admissions/feed/ 0 Loyola Law New Orleans to accept GRE for admissions https://www.bizneworleans.com/loyola-college-of-law-will-accept-gre-for-admission/ https://www.aals.org/loyola-law-new-orleans-to-accept-gre-for-admissions/#respond Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:28:03 +0000 https://www.aals.org/?p=77934 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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]]> https://www.aals.org/loyola-law-new-orleans-to-accept-gre-for-admissions/feed/ 0 More law schools could accept GRE for admissions after ABA decision https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/after-abas-blessing-will-law-schools-rush-use-gre-admissions-2021-12-01/ https://www.aals.org/more-law-schools-could-accept-gre-for-admissions-after-aba-decision/#respond Thu, 16 Dec 2021 17:00:18 +0000 https://www.aals.org/?p=76597 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...

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]]> https://www.aals.org/more-law-schools-could-accept-gre-for-admissions-after-aba-decision/feed/ 0 ABA legal education section council votes to allow GRE for law school admission under current standard https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/starting-now-the-gre-can-replace-the-lsat-in-law-school-admissions https://www.aals.org/aba-legal-education-section-council-votes-to-allow-gre-for-law-school-admission-under-current-standard/#respond Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:50:57 +0000 https://www.aals.org/?p=76256 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...

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]]> https://www.aals.org/aba-legal-education-section-council-votes-to-allow-gre-for-law-school-admission-under-current-standard/feed/ 0 GRE testing organization ETS establishes Legal Education Advisory Council https://news.ets.org/press-releases/ets-establishes-legal-education-advisory-council-to-expand-and-create-new-pathways-in-legal-education/ https://www.aals.org/gre-testing-organization-ets-establishes-legal-education-advisory-council/#respond Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:17:53 +0000 https://www.aals.org/?p=75900 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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]]> https://www.aals.org/gre-testing-organization-ets-establishes-legal-education-advisory-council/feed/ 0 New report recommends additional evaluation of the GRE’s ability to predict law student success https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/should-law-schools-fully-embrace-gre-new-report-urges-caution-2021-10-05/%20 https://www.aals.org/new-report-recommends-additional-evaluation-of-the-gres-ability-to-predict-law-student-success/#respond Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:39:25 +0000 https://www.aals.org/?p=73925 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...

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]]> https://www.aals.org/new-report-recommends-additional-evaluation-of-the-gres-ability-to-predict-law-student-success/feed/ 0 Most graduate programs at UC Berkeley drop GRE requirement https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2021/09/30/most-berkeley-departments-drop-gre-requirement https://www.aals.org/most-graduate-programs-at-uc-berkeley-drop-gre-requirement/#respond Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:59:24 +0000 https://www.aals.org/?p=73478 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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