Advice for perspective students as more law schools accept the GRE for admissions

June 15, 2021

U.S. NEWS — In 2017 a few law schools began an experiment to start accepting the Graduate Record Examinations as an alternative to the Law School Admission Test. Since the GRE is more frequently administered and more widely used than the LSAT, those law schools hoped that accepting the GRE might broaden their applicant pool.

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Number of law schools accepting GRE test scores for admissions climbs

March 12, 2021

THE NATIONAL JURIST — The move by the University of Arizona James E. Rogers School of Law to accept GRE scores in lieu of the LSAT was done in part to attract students who excelled in math and sciences. It made sense in other ways too. The pool of applicants suddenly was enlarged.

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New England Law Boston to accept GRE for admissions

February 18, 2021

PR NEWSWIRE — New England Law | Boston today announced that it will now accept the GRE General Test for J.D. admissions requirements, in addition to the traditional Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). This policy will broaden the applicant pool for those seeking legal education including underrepresented groups.

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New England Law Boston to accept GRE test scores for admission

February 5, 2021

PR NEWSWIRE — New England Law | Boston today announced that it will now accept the GRE® General Test for J.D. admissions requirements, in addition to the traditional Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). This policy will broaden the applicant pool for those seeking legal education, including underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.

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A look at the differences in the LSAT and GRE for law school admissions

January 28, 2021

YAHOO! NEWS — Since 2016, when the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law announced that it would stop requiring applicants to submit LSAT scores and allow applicants to submit GRE scores instead, 67 other U.S. law schools have done the same. Many programs have embraced the GRE.

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UC Berkeley Law to accept GRE and GMAT for some law applicants

September 11, 2019

BERKELEY LAW — As part of a three year pilot study beginning with the fall 2019-2020 application cycle, Berkeley Law will now allow certain applicants to be considered on the basis of a GRE or GMAT score without needing to take the LSAT.

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University of Montana Law to accept GRE for admission

September 9, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA — The Alexander Blewett III School of Law will join 44 other American law schools in accepting the GRE in addition to the LSAT as an entrance exam for its 2019-20 application cycle.

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A look at diversity and law school admissions tests

September 3, 2019

MARKETPLACE — Some law schools are starting to wonder if the test they have long used for admissions — the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) — may have created barriers to a more diverse applicant pool. That’s why about two dozen law schools, including Harvard University’s, started offering applicants an option to submit a more

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