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Go Ahead and Kill the LSAT. Whether or not law schools keep the famed admissions test, the evaluation that matters is the Bar exam.
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | October 12, 2022 | Matthew G. Andersson

Posted on 10/12/2022 6:55:54 AM PDT by karpov

The legal industry, and the law academy in particular, are in a high state of contention concerning one of their most protected traditions: the Law School Admission Test, or LSAT. The American Bar Association (ABA) that regulates our law-school industry is thinking of doing away with it. This exam is among the most heavily weighted student-applicant ranking methods for law schools and among the most feared and coveted competitive hurdles for law-school aspirants.

It is irrelevant.

Well, at least to those factions that want it removed as a requirement. They include a number of special interests, mostly in government, that seek to promote broad personal- and group-identity objectives. The LSAT (or any standardized test for that matter) is considered inherently biased, thereby making it a target of discrimination claims. This isn’t a bad issue to raise in general, as the test itself is rather old. More recent advances in learning theories, and even in neurobiology and brain science, can provide important new parameters of intelligence that may not be captured by standardized tests. Some biological science researchers, on the other hand, have come out fully in favor of standardized testing and explain why. This raises the obvious question as to whether the LSAT is actually outdated or if new applicants are merely going to be given a “pass” based on political criteria. (Alternately, for commercial reasons, the LSAT may, in the future, be merely a “check the box” formality, to accommodate current progressive viewpoints and to assuage law school deans.)

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TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: lawschool; lsat
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"Matthew G. Andersson is a technology professional, a former CEO, and the author of the forthcoming book Legally Blind: How Ideology Has Captured the Law School, the Judiciary and the Constitution."
1 posted on 10/12/2022 6:55:54 AM PDT by karpov
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You take the Bar exam AFTER law school, the LSAT is a tool to help gauge if you have the type of intelligence that is well-suited for law school.


2 posted on 10/12/2022 6:57:50 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: karpov

Yup, the Bar is a Bear.

And the book should be, “How THE LEFT Has Captured the Law School, the Judiciary and the Constitution.”


3 posted on 10/12/2022 7:00:53 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: karpov

In the USA, the LSAT is opposed by one group in particular, which lacks the moral character, discipline and intelligence needed to pass it. No other reason.


4 posted on 10/12/2022 7:01:50 AM PDT by rod5591
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To: karpov

“The LSAT (or any standardized test for that matter) is considered inherently biased”

Yes.
The LSAT is intended to eliminate bad students who will make bad lawyers.


5 posted on 10/12/2022 7:02:31 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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To: karpov

They’ll change the bar exam.


6 posted on 10/12/2022 7:03:35 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Yes, “advances in learning theories” are irrelevant. The measure of utility of the LSAT is whether it is predictive of success in law school, as measured by performance on the bar exam after graduation. That was its original purpose, just as the SAT was designed to predict performance in college. All the rest is just politics.


7 posted on 10/12/2022 7:05:40 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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The American Bar Association (ABA) that regulates our law-school industry ...

If the 'ABA' is an acronym for the 'American BAR Association', what does the 'BAR' an acronym for?

8 posted on 10/12/2022 7:07:02 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: karpov

You don’t honestly think that they will keep the bar exam????!!

No imagination.


9 posted on 10/12/2022 7:07:31 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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New York may soon ditch its controversial teacher certification exam

https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/12/17/22838616/new-york-state-teacher-certification-edtpa-workforce-diversity

It’s official: New York’s prospective teachers will no longer have to pass controversial literacy exam

https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2017/3/13/21111588/it-s-official-new-york-s-prospective-teachers-will-no-longer-have-to-pass-controversial-literacy-exa


10 posted on 10/12/2022 7:08:18 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: ifinnegan

Yep, the bar exam is next.


11 posted on 10/12/2022 7:08:19 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Dr. Sivana

This could actually be a good thing.

Remember Frito from “Idiocracy”?

He was a lawyer............................


12 posted on 10/12/2022 7:10:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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He was a lawyer...

Not just any lawyer either. A Costco Man!
13 posted on 10/12/2022 7:12:37 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: ifinnegan

They will give the questions out to certain individuals according to race, sex, and social attitude scores.


14 posted on 10/12/2022 7:15:05 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: karpov

Just give everyone a participation ribbon.


15 posted on 10/12/2022 7:18:32 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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16 posted on 10/12/2022 7:19:35 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Dr. Sivana

“Welcome to Costco. I love you.”
“Welcome to Costco. I love you.”
“Welcome to Costco. I love you.”


17 posted on 10/12/2022 7:21:26 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Jim W N

And yet we look at government at all levels and wonder how the hell some of them ever passed it.


18 posted on 10/12/2022 7:22:05 AM PDT by pas
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To: C210N

Ban All Republicans


19 posted on 10/12/2022 7:22:50 AM PDT by pas
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To: C210N

‘Bar’ was the Brit practice of separating courts into parts for lower level folks versus areas for actual barristers (lawyers). Weird terminology from a different time and place.


20 posted on 10/12/2022 7:24:46 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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