An Alternative to the LSAT?

Interesting article in this month’s ABA Journal: Beyond the LSAT: Law Prof Enlists Volunteers to Test New Exam That Measures Practice Skills, Not Academics, by Jerry Soverinsky. For more, see:

Bill Henderson (Indiana-Bloomington), Pilot Project on a New Test of Lawyering Ability (i.e., Broader than the LSAT):
Linley Erin Hall, What Makes for Good Lawyering? A Multi-year Study Looks Beyond the LSAT

About the Author

Paul Caron

Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.