ABA Legal Ed council approves proposed rule change to end admission test requirement

smartaone2

There are apparently some big changes in place for law school admission testing requirements. Interesting times ahead indeed. Let's stay focused and continue to study hard regardless of the test you decide to take for law school admission! http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba_legal_education_council_rule_change_end_admission_test_requirement

Alex

That's an older article from May I believe. Here's the most recent update:

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plan_to_drop_law_school_entry_exam_requirement_withdrawn_before_house_vote

AudaciousRed

Thanks for the update on this, @Alex . Being a reverse splitter, I'm kinda bummed by this turn of events. LoL. I was hoping maybe GPA would begin to play a stronger role in admissions decisions.

studyingandrestudying

Hopefully one of the next ThinkingLSATs will discuss.

eRetaker

@AudaciousRed I actually think both reverse splitters and regular splitters should be happy about this. Dropping the test req. wouldn't make the top law schools devalue the LSAT since USNEWS rankings will still be their main concern. The drop will just bring in a flood of applicants who took the GRE, GMAT, etc. with a decent portion of them having high GPAs which will dilute the pool of high GPA students.

smartaone2

@Alex said:
That's an older article from May I believe. Here's the most recent update:

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plan_to_drop_law_school_entry_exam_requirement_withdrawn_before_house_vote

Ok great. Thanks for the update!