First
they
came
for
our
nuclear
secrets,
and
I
did
not
speak
out
—
because
I
did
not
have
nuclear
secrets.
And
they
were
on
the
Mar-a-Lago
bathroom
floor.
Then
they
came
for
the
AI
algorithms,
and
I
did
not
speak
out
—
because
I
was
not
burning
venture
capitalist
money
on
a
word
generator.
Then
they
came
for
Yale
Law
School
—
and
there
was
no
one
left
to
speak
for
me.
After
years
of
warnings
about
Chinese
hacking
operations
targeting
America’s
most
closely
held
secrets,
it
turns
out
we
should’ve
been
watching
“access
to
lectures
about
the
fertile
octogenarian.”
The
Law
School
Admission
Council
took
a
break
from
being
sued
over
price-fixing
allegations
to
announce
that
it
suspended
online
LSAT
testing
in
mainland
China
after
discovering
organized
cheating
efforts.
Cue
the
most
pretentious
senior
lawyer
you
know
to
explain
“this
never
happened
when
we
had
a
logic
games
section!”
Perhaps,
though
real
world
lawyering
usually
has
less
to
do
with
identifying
the
third
man
in
a
six-person
seating
arrangement
and
more
to
do
with
telling
a
partner
“fine,
I’ll
cancel
my
weekend.”
“We
have
been
increasingly
concerned
about
organized
efforts
by
individuals
and
companies
in
mainland
China
to
promote
test
misconduct,”
wrote
LSAC
executive
VP
Susan
L.
Krinsky.
“While
security
is
always
a
concern,
these
enterprises
are
becoming
increasingly
aggressive.
This
type
of
activity
is
not
limited
to
the
LSAT;
these
enterprises
purport
to
offer
cheating
services
for
virtually
every
standardized
test.
We
are
taking
steps
to
shut
down
these
operations
and
will
pursue
appropriate
legal
remedies.
LSAC
also
has
processes
in
place
to
monitor
and
respond
to
individual
score
irregularities
for
all
LSAT
candidates,
and
we
will
continue
to
evolve
our
security
measures.”
Sounds
like
it’s
time
to
take
the
GRE.
It’s
unclear
what
the
end
game
would
be
in
an
environment
where
the
Trump
administration
is
actively
trying
to
end
international
student
enrollment.
Congratulations
on
that
ill-gotten
178…
your
reward
is
still
not
going
to
be
a
Georgetown
degree.
Still,
it’s
interesting
if
China
thought
infiltrating
bastions
of
American
legal
education
would
matter
at
a
time
when
the
rule
of
law
is
increasingly
vibes-centric.
Or
perhaps
that
was
the
point.
Online
Exam
for
Admission
to
US
Law
Schools
to
be
Suspended
in
Mainland
China
Amid
Cheating
Crackdown
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