But now that Harvard, the gold standard, is following suit, there is growing hope that dropping the traditional Law School Admissions Test as a requirement for applicants across the country could lead to a larger and more diverse group of lawyers entering the field.
Just what this nation needs, more attorneys, and even more diversity.
We really need to bring back capital punishment.
I’m going to play devil’s advocate and say this is a good thing.
The GRE is a general test of knowledge. lawyers are not, as they like to portray themselves, demi-gods or keepers of some sort of sacred flame. In reality they are not much different from mechanic or plumbers They are just technicians in a field. There is very little, if anything about the law that anyone with a bachelor’s degree in any field could not understand.
If you can pass the bar exam you should be able to become a lawyer regardless of weather you have a law degree or not.
If we triple the number of lawyers their fees will fall.