[karpov]

"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."

[Dr. Sivana]

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.

[Jim W N]

Yup, the Bar is a Bear.

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

[rod5591]

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.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

“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.

[ifinnegan]

They’ll change the bar exam.

[C210N]

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?

[Chickensoup]

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

No imagination.

[qaz123]

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

[bgill]

Just give everyone a participation ribbon.

[martin_fierro]

[Mouton]

Perhaps when they replace it they will make proficiency with bongo drums the critical criterion.

I was lamenting with an attorney that I had been rejected for Rutgers Law School in 71 because they had a woman priority admittance policy that year. The attorney asked what my LSAT was to which I told him 640. He further inquired about my undergraduate grades and pointed out with those you should consider Harvard. I laughed and said I was going to Rutgers as I could afford that. He responded you know the chairman of the Harvard Scholarship Committee; you are looking at him. I am also a JAG reserve Colonel and we want to encourage vets to attend. I guarantee you apply you will be admitted with a scholarship.
He noted the LSAT was the best predictor of success at law school and he encouraged me to take advantage of it.

This was in 71. Today it would only not happen, it would be ostracized.

[pepsi_junkie]

I agree. Forget LSAT, Law schools should only admit students that have passed the bar.

Wait... something seems wrong...

[TexasFreeper2009]

The LSAT is a way to weed out those that don’t have what it takes to succeed in law school.

Without it, many people would rack up student loans and then fail out without graduating and then want Democrats to pay for it!

[FLT-bird]

We all know why there is a big push to do away with it. It is an objective measurement. That doesn’t suit the “diversity” agenda.

[Buttons12]

If I were a college I’d try to make sure the incoming material (students) had the right stuff for a career in law, such that I could be reassured I could turn them into graduates. If students come in almost as randomly as names in a phone book, that’s potentially a lot of dropouts and a waste of my resources; meanwhile my standing and accreditation are on the line. No?
Oh wait. This is about diversity. Never mind!

[Buttons12]

Close down the law school and open an adult day care.

[dfwgator]

As long as Law Schools get their money, they don’t care.

[Midwesterner53]

Minorities have problems with the test so the test is the problem.

[Dr. Franklin]

Well, don't stop there. Go ahead and eliminate the requirement of the so-called Juris Doctor degree requirement, and go back to letting people sit for the bar exam after serving a apprenticeship to a practicing lawyer. That eliminates a lot of consumer student loan debt, and lets people live productive lives while learning what practicing law is really like. ABA law schools don't teach what must be known to pass the state bar exam, contrary to what many people may think.

Knowing the law is one thing, convincing a trial judge that he should apply the law correctly is something totally and completely different. Dealing with such petty tyrants is not taught in American law schools, but is very necessary in the daily practice of law. American law schools tend not to teach how to perfect an appeal, even at the federal level. No one should go to court without being prepared to file at least one appeal. A good lawyer knows the law. The better lawyer knows the judge, or at least is prepared to appeal.

[The Great RJ]

Looking at both our President and especially our Vice President, passing the bar in at least some states has a low threshold.