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Education

Oct. 26, 2016

ABA panel opens door for admissions tests beyond LSAT

The national group's legal education council does not want to limit schools to requiring LSAT scores.

By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer

CHICAGO — The American Bar Association's legal education council decided to keep the door open for law schools that want to accept applicants who take entrance exams other than the LSAT.

The council on Friday directed its Standards Review Committee to draft a proposal for how standardized exams in addition to the Law School Admission Test would also qualify as "valid and reliable" for use b...

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