Opinion: Should the ABA require an admissions test for law school?
REUTERS — Many who urge the ABA to keep the test requirement in place argue that the LSAT is the single best predictor of academic success in the first year of law school.
Read More about Opinion: Should the ABA require an admissions test for law school?Sixty law school deans sign letter opposing ABA proposal to remove admissions testing requirement
ABA JOURNAL — A proposal to cut an accreditation standard requiring law school admissions tests was criticized by 60 deans in a Sept. 1 letter sent to the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Read More about Sixty law school deans sign letter opposing ABA proposal to remove admissions testing requirementOpinion: ABA should repeal admission test requirement
BLOOMBERG LAW — The American Bar Association Council on Legal Education is moving toward an outcome-based model of accreditation. This aligns with a broader reorientation in educational oversight across many fields.
Read More about Opinion: ABA should repeal admission test requirementABA receives public support for proposal to eliminate standardized testing from law school admissions
INSIDE HIGHER ED — In April, the American Bar Association’s Council on Legal Education, which accredits 196 law schools across the U.S., proposed eliminating a requirement that accredited schools use the Law School Admission Test or some equivalent “valid and reliable” standardized test in their admissions process. The ABA council clarified that law schools “would remain…
Read More about ABA receives public support for proposal to eliminate standardized testing from law school admissionsA look at direct law school admission programs
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Law school applicants often lament the time and effort it takes to study for the LSAT. Many desperately wish for a shortcut to get into law school without taking the test. The American Bar Association may soon grant this wish. Only a couple of years after permitting accredited U.S.…
Read More about A look at direct law school admission programsOpinion: Proposal to make LSAT optional won’t eliminate challenges to improving diversity in the legal profession
BLOOMBERG LAW — The ABA proposal to eliminate the testing requirement is flawed, confused, and stigmatizing. Otherwise, it’s a great idea.
Read More about Opinion: Proposal to make LSAT optional won’t eliminate challenges to improving diversity in the legal professionLaw school admission test adds experimental new logic games section
REUTERS — A surprise modification to the Law School Admission Test administered June 11 rattled some test takers and has sparked predictions that a permanent change is in the works.
Read More about Law school admission test adds experimental new logic games sectionWhy the Law School Admission Test Needs to Go
NEWSWEEK — Most of us are familiar with the ongoing debate surrounding whether to keep or cut the ACT and SAT in undergraduate admissions. Now, a similar dispute may surface surrounding what to do with the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).
Read More about Why the Law School Admission Test Needs to GoABA Legal Ed council seeks comment on proposed revision to law school admissions test requirement
ABA JOURNAL — A suggested revision to remove the requirement for law school entrance exams will be going out for notice and comment, following a Friday vote by the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Read More about ABA Legal Ed council seeks comment on proposed revision to law school admissions test requirementAdvice for answering logical reasoning and reading comprehension questions on the LSAT
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — The LSAT includes three main sections: logical reasoning, reading comprehension and analytical reasoning. Each of these sections relies on specific skills or strategies. For example, the analytical reasoning section requires you to know how to set up a logic game. And to do well on the analytical reasoning section,…
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