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
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became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
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he
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He
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enough
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from
Washington
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in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
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