TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on May 21, 2024

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) is developing a new “environmental context” metric pertaining to colleges and universities based on factors such as institutional student spending, graduation rates and the percentage of undergraduates who received federal need-based Pell Grants, Reuters reports. The goal of the new college metric — along with the existing neighborhood and high school ratings — is to help law schools better understand the advantages or barriers their applicants have encountered, and to offer a fuller picture of their potential beyond grades and standardized test scores.