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Another Standardized Test Falls? America's Law Schools Could Stop Using the LSAT

Saturday May 7, 2022. 10:34 PM , from Slashdot
America's law schools 'would be given a green light to end admission test requirements,' reports the Washington Post, 'under a recommendation from a key committee of the American Bar Association that is scheduled for review in a public meeting this month.'
The proposal still faces layers of scrutiny within the ABA and would not take effect until next year at the earliest. If approved, it could challenge the long-dominant role of the Law School Admission Test, or LSAT, in the pathway to legal education.

Some context from The Week US:
Like the SAT in undergraduate admissions, the LSAT has been accused of racial bias and promoting a destructive obsession with rankings. Critics also argue that the LSAT, which was designed to predict academic performance, has little connection to professional accomplishment....
The incentives for law schools to dump the LSAT aren't only political, though.... [L]aw schools face declining applications after a pandemic-driven spike in interest. That's partly because word is getting out that the legal profession isn't as glamorous or lucrative as people imagine or the media depict. Accepting alternate exams, such as the GRE, or going test-optional altogether can help pump up enrollment, particularly at marginal institutions.
The article points out that admitted law students will still eventually have to pass the official certifying 'bar exam' before they're ever allowed to actually practice law.

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https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/07/0429208/another-standardized-test-falls-americas-law-school...
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