Advice on preparing for the LSAT
FORBES — Law schools are known for their demanding admissions requirements. The most common standardized test that law schools consider is the Law School Admission Test (LSAT)®. The LSAT tests your reasoning, reading comprehension and writing skills as they apply to concepts covered in law school. Law schools use the LSAT to determine whether applicants…
Read More about Advice on preparing for the LSATABA legal education section proposes changes to law school distance education standard
ABA JOURNAL — The council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar on Friday voted in favor of resubmitting to the House of Delegates a proposal to eliminate a requirement that accredited law schools use an admissions test like the LSAT or GRE.
Read More about ABA legal education section proposes changes to law school distance education standardDo Law Schools Need the LSAT? Here’s How to Understand the Debate.
NEW YORK TIMES — One part of the American Bar Association is trying to drop the test requirement for law schools, while another has voted to retain it — and both sides say diversity is the reason.
Read More about Do Law Schools Need the LSAT? Here’s How to Understand the Debate.ABA House of Delegates rejects proposal to end law school admissions test requirement
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The American Bar Association voted Monday to reject a proposal to let law schools become test optional. The vote by the association’s governing House of Delegates was a major victory for the producers of the Law School Admission Test and the Graduate Record Examinations, which had lobbied hard against it. This…
Read More about ABA House of Delegates rejects proposal to end law school admissions test requirementProposal to end law school admissions test requirement could resurface
REUTERS — The push to make law school admissions “test optional” is not dead yet, even after the American Bar Association’s policymaking body this week rejected a bid to end the rule that schools use the Law School Admission Test or another standardized exam when assessing applicants.
Read More about Proposal to end law school admissions test requirement could resurfaceA look at law schools that accept the GRE for admission
FORBES ADVISOR — The Law School Admission Test (LSAT)® is known as the standard admission test for law school, but more than half of law schools accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA)® now also accept Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)® scores for admissions. Law schools can open doors to nontraditional students and diversify the law…
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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD — Last month, an American Bar Association council responsible for accreditation voted to stop requiring that applicants to accredited law schools submit a standardized test score. The ABA’s House of Delegates, the organization’s wider governing body, will conduct a final vote on the proposed change in February.
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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…
Read More about Researchers examine impact of law school admissions reform on diversityOpinion: How the LSAT affects diversity in the legal profession
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…
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