TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 18, 2022

The council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar today advanced a proposal to make standardized admissions tests optional at accredited law schools. The council voted on the amendment to its testing mandate, Standard 503, at a hybrid meeting in Atlanta. The standard currently requires law schools to use a “valid and reliable” test to assess applicants. Historically, that has been the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). At today’s meeting, the council also voted to amend Standard 501 to include an annual review of admissions policies and practices. The proposals will now go to the ABA House of Delegates for consideration at its February 2023 meeting in New Orleans. If approved, the changes would not be implemented until the fall of 2025, the ABA Journal reports.