The
Law
School
Admission
Test
—
LSAT
in
common
terms
—
was
once
the
only
path
to
getting
a
J.D.
Law
schools
needed
a
standardized
test
for
the
admissions
process,
and
the
LSAT
was
the
only
game
in
town
once
upon
a
time.
Beginning
in
2016
there
was
an
assault
launched
on
the
dominance
of
the
LSAT.
That’s
when
Arizona
Law
announced
they’d
accept
the
GRE
in
admissions.
Ever
since,
there’s
been
an
onslaught
of
schools
accepting
the
alternate
test
—
with
the
blessing
of
the
American
Bar
Association.
Over
50%
of
law
schools
now
accept
the
GRE
in
admissions!
Cue
the
GRE
trend
pieces…
But
the
LSAT
is
a
resilient
tradition
in
the
law
school
ecosphere,
and
many
wannabe
lawyers
have
signed
up
to
take
the
upcoming
administration
of
the
test.
As
a
result
the
administrators
of
the
LSAT
have
added
an
additional
testing
day
—
going
from
three
dates
to
four
—
for
the
June
administration
of
the
exam.
As
reported
by
ABA
Journal:
Testing
will
now
take
place
June
5,
6,
7
and
8,
according
to
the
LSAC
website.
As
of
April
26,
more
than
36,000
students
had
registered
for
the
June
LSAT,
according
to
the
LSAC.
Previously,
the
largest
LSAT
administration
since
the
beginning
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic
was
in
November
2020,
with
more
than
27,000
test-takers.The
upper
limit
of
test-takers
typically
is
10,000
to
11,000
per
day,
says
Susan
L.
Krinsky,
the
LSAC’s
vice
president
for
operations
and
chief
of
staff.Last
June,
18,354
students
registered
to
take
the
test,
according
to
the
LSAC.“That’s
probably
why
we
assumed
that
three
days
would
be
sufficient,”
Krinsky
adds.
So,
what’s
behind
the
booming
popularity
of
the
LSAT?
Well,
June
is
the
last
time
you
can
take
the
test
with
the
infamous
logic
games
section
of
the
exam,
as
the
LSAT
is
going
through
a
revamp
soon.
Krinsky
says
there
are
some
masochists
that
want
in
on
both
versions
of
the
test,
“There
are
people
who
just
want
to
try
both.”
Plus,
the
way
the
Supreme
Court
keeps
chipping
away
at
our
rights
is
motivating
folks
to
go
to
law
school.
Krinsky
said,
“There
are
some
really
significant
Supreme
Court
cases
that
are
getting
a
lot
of
attention.
And
that
might
say
to
potential
applicants
there’s
a
real
there’s
a
reason
to
go
to
law
school
and
be
a
part
of
this.”
So
I
guess
the
unprecedented
times
we
live
in
have
a
benefit
—
if
you’re
a
law
school.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
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