Monday, February 27, 2023
The debate over requiring the LSAT (or some other admissions test) continues...
...despite the last proposal being rebuffed. As the NYT notes:
The association is considering dropping that requirement, and letting each law school decide for itself whether tests are necessary.
Opponents and supporters of the change both make arguments on behalf of diversity — a sensitive subject in the field of law, which is disproportionately white. The arguments echo other debates over standardized testing at all levels of higher education, a practice that some see as an equalizer and others see as a barrier.
What's odd, of course, is that more attention is not being given to the question whether the LSAT is a useful predictive tool, regardless of its effects on "diversity."
https://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2023/02/the-debate-over-requiring-the-lsat-or-some-other-admissions-test-continues.html