As nice as it is to not have to practice for Logic Games anymore, the LSAT can still be a pain. And while there are other options like taking the GRE or JD-Next, not all schools accept them. Thankfully, that number is growing over time. From Reuters:
The American Bar Association has granted five law schools permission to use the alternative admissions program JD-Next, pushing the number of campuses that allow applicants to bypass the Law School Admission Test or GRE to 57.
Fordham University School of Law; the University of Illinois College of Law; DePaul University College of Law; the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law; and the University of St. Thomas School of Law are the latest to adopt JD-Next, after the ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved their use when it met in late May. (The ABA disclosed the decision permitting the law schools to use the alternative this month.)
If you’d rather take the LSAT than the GRE or JD-Next, that works too — the LSAT remains the most widely accepted entrance exam for law school. Who doesn’t love options? If the school you have your eye set on has yet to accept an alternative exam, you can either suffer through the logical reasoning and reading comprehension sections or play the long game and wait until that school accepts an alternative. The choice is yours.
LSAT Alternative Gains Popularity As More Law Schools Sign On [Reuters]
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