No test, no problem! The LSAT has been the staple box to tick off if you want to get in to law school, but it hasn’t been a hard requirement for every school. The ABA is inviting law schools to laxen up the application requirements by inviting schools to give students more time to apply without LSAT scores. Law.com has coverage:
The American Bar Association voted Friday to extend the deadline for law schools to submit applications requesting to admit students without using an admission test into next spring.
The vote comes after the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted in November to accept variances to Standard 503, allowing schools to request the ability to admit up to 100% of its students without an admissions test—a significant shift from the prior rule, which only allowed up to 10% of students to be admitted without a test.
Since the vote over a dozen law schools have applied for the newly created 503 Variance form.
Does this mean lawyers-to-be should abandon LSAT prep? Hell no — make your application as strong as possible! But if the other parts of your resume can carry you (or if the LSAT grade you earned is sub par), leaving it off of your application might not hurt as much. Just be sure to check if your dream school requires the test or not!
ABA Invites More Law Schools to Seek Variance to Admit Students Without a Test Score [Law.com]
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
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No test, no problem! The LSAT has been the staple box to tick off if you want to get in to law school, but it hasn’t been a hard requirement for every school. The ABA is inviting law schools to laxen up the application requirements by inviting schools to give students more time to apply without LSAT scores. Law.com has coverage:
The American Bar Association voted Friday to extend the deadline for law schools to submit applications requesting to admit students without using an admission test into next spring.
The vote comes after the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted in November to accept variances to Standard 503, allowing schools to request the ability to admit up to 100% of its students without an admissions test—a significant shift from the prior rule, which only allowed up to 10% of students to be admitted without a test.
Since the vote over a dozen law schools have applied for the newly created 503 Variance form.
Does this mean lawyers-to-be should abandon LSAT prep? Hell no — make your application as strong as possible! But if the other parts of your resume can carry you (or if the LSAT grade you earned is sub par), leaving it off of your application might not hurt as much. Just be sure to check if your dream school requires the test or not!
ABA Invites More Law Schools to Seek Variance to Admit Students Without a Test Score [Law.com]
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
