Bloomberg Law
Nov. 23, 2018, 11:01 AM UTC

O’Melveny Could Set Trend With Law Student Cognitive Testing

Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Special Correspondent

O’Melveny & Myers will ask law students interested in joining the firm to play computer games designed to test their cognitive skills while rooting out hiring biases, an approach that may signal a new industry recruitment trend.

“There is no right or wrong way to play the games, since there is no winning or losing,” O’Melveny diversity and inclusion partner Darin Snyder told Bloomberg Law. “What matters is how the games are played, and the behavior-based data that is collected.”

Starting in January, first-year law students can opt to play the series of 12 games, which take about 30 minutes ...

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