re: American Bar Association Scraps LSAT

I THINK that the story is a bit different than is represented. No one is proposing that the LSAT "go away."

As I understand it, the ABA sets accreditation standards for law schools, and it currently will not accredit a school that does not require applicants to take the LSAT.

Several schools (good ones) have asked that this requirement for accreditation be removed, and the ABA is considering that request.

If the ABA does INDEED remove the LSAT as a requirement for law school accreditation, nothing would prevent any individual law school from continuing to require that applicants take the test or that applicants earn a given minimum score to gain admission.

In other words, the proposal seems just to give flexibility to schools that want flexibility.

Is that good or bad? That is an entirely different question.

What is the LSAT? Basically, it is just a logic test. I tend to think that logical thinkers make better lawyers, but that is just me.