Two More Law Schools Won’t Require the LSAT

By Stephen Joyce, Bloomberg BNA

Two law schools became the latest to announce their admissions departments will no longer require the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT).

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Georgetown Law Center announced on Monday that they will accept the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) for students applying for admission in 2018.

Daniel Rodriguez, dean at Northwester Law, said a chief driver was to attract a more diverse group of applicants, particularly those who may have passed on law school to pursue graduate studies in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

He acknowledged “there is an incentive ...