TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 22, 2023

The council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted Friday to resubmit to the ABA House of Delegates its proposal to eliminate a requirement that accredited law schools use a standard admissions test like the LSAT or GRE. The House rejected the proposal at its midyear meeting several weeks ago. The council has asked the House to reconsider the proposal at its annual meeting in August, the ABA Journal reports. In other action last week, the council approved a suggestion from its Strategic Review Committee to allow up to 50% of a law school’s credits to be offered online without special permission. Currently, schools may offer up to up to one-third of their credit hours online. That recommendation will now be subject to a comment period.