LSAT-Optional Law School Admissions Hit Snag With ABA Vote (1)

Would-be lawyers must still take a mandatory entrance exam, with the American Bar Association rejecting a proposal Monday that would allow schools to choose whether to require the Law School Admission Test or similar test.

The proposal failed before the ABA House of Delegates at its midyear meeting in New Orleans. A similar resolution in 2018 was pulled before delegates were scheduled to vote on it. More than 80 U.S. law schools in recent years have allowed prospective students to take the more general Graduate Record Examination instead of the LSAT.

“If the rules change had been adopted, we think ...