Reuters, ABA Says Law Schools Still Need Approval for Alternative Admissions Program:
The American Bar Association on Thursday declined to grant full approval to JD-Next, rejecting a proposal to put the alternative law school admissions program on par with the LSAT and the GRE.
The ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar instead approved a recommendation from its standards committee that the JD-Next program should not yet be deemed a "valid and reliable" predictor of an applicant's law school grades.
The decision maintains the status quo, under which law school admissions offices must seek special ABA permission to use the JD-Next program to admit new students.
48 law schools have received ABA variances for the use of JD-Next in admissions.
