re: American Bar Association drops LSAT requirement for Law School admissions

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The part you seem to be glossing over is that the people who enacted this new policy said that before, with the test, there wasn't enough diversity. Now, with the test out of the way, there will be more diversity.

Weird, huh? Why would that be? If nothing changes and this is a nothingburger, why would they think that?

So, to recap, the people who changed this policy disagree with you. I just don't see how you think you have a leg to stand on here.

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I know that's what the Daily Caller is arguing, but I see no indication of the "people who changed the policy" disagreeing with me. Everything I've read on it is that the idea is to give law schools the freedom to streamline their admissions criteria to that which they actually want to evaluate. Want to consider LSAT scores? Go for it. Don't care what your applicants' scores are? Well, then they can save a few hundred bucks and not take the test.

In fact, there are many out there arguing that this is actually a step backwards in regards to diversity pushes, as it will allow schools to use more subjective measures that exclude minorities.

I find it interesting that SULC, this board's favorite legal punching bag, is quoted in the article as saying they will continue to require, and consider, LSAT scores.

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Right. My mistake. They're removing standards, not lowering them.

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Still wrong, but you seem committed to it, so more power to you. Unless you're trying to argue with a straight face that the "standard" that you're so interested in protecting is "paid a few hundred bucks to sign up for a test"