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Wow. We're at the cusp of things really changing, it seems. I bet schools would love more numbers to choose from. And, of course, the LSAT may be going digital. Crazy times.

The USPTO Registration Exam (a.k.a. the "Patent Bar") went digital over ten years ago. Today if you want to pass that test, it is typically computer administered by Prometric at one their test sites. One can still choose to take a traditional paper test, but you can only take the paper version in their offices at Alexandira, VA. There is no benefit to taking the paper version. (Btw, for those interested in a career in IP law, the USPTO no longer allows past exams to be published, in fact one must sign a NDA swearing to never disclose the content of the test questions!) A long time ago, one could do well by studying old exams, these days that is impossible since there are no old exams to review. To the point of the nature of the exam, twenty five years ago, one was expected to write claims based on a test-supplied narrative; now it is strictly picking one out of five answers, just like the LSAT; and yes, the test is brutal. The only upside is that you can take it as many time until you pass, much like a state bar exam.

As for the acceptance of GRE's, yes, I agree, this is an incredible "dumming-down" of a valuable entry criteria. I can see in the near future, the LSAT will be a Prometric administrated test. The upside is that one can schedule a test date of ones own choosing, rather than being restricted to a fixed quarterly schedule as currently offered by the LSAC.

re: question 25

I found this question way too unbounded and the answer wholly unsupported - it's essentially an open-ended question where the test taker is asked to suggest a policy the author would be most in favor going forward. The correct answer (A) about paying a "(small) fee" is not ever, anywhere suggested, intimated or even remotely suggested in the passage. Thoughts?