Law.com, JD-Next, GRE Gaining Popularity for Law School Admittance:
While most students are still being admitted to law school using the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), 92 law schools, including a number of top-ranked programs, admitted students in their 2023-24 class with the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), while seven admitted students with the JD-Next exam.
Out of 39,433 students enrolled in law school in the 2023-2024 academic year, 38,709 (98%) were admitted using the LSAT, but 701 students were admitted using the GRE and 23 students were admitted using JD-Next, according to American Bar Association 509 Reports.
Among the schools that admitted students using the GRE, several “T-14” schools appeared at the top of the list, including Yale Law School, which admitted nearly 12% of its 2023-24 class with the exam, followed by Stanford Law School, with nearly 9%; Harvard Law School, with nearly 8%, and Cornell Law School and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, each with 6%. …
Seven law schools collectively accepted 23 students via JD-Next in 2023, including nine from University of Arizona Law, which represents 9% of its 2023 class, while Creighton University School of Law admitted six (4% of its class) and University of Dayton School of Law admitted four (3% of its class), while California Western School of Law, Charleston School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law and Widener University Delaware Law School each accepted one student via JD-Next.
More than one-third of ABA-accredited law schools, 64, have been granted variances to use JD-Next since the ABA approved a variance allowing law schools to request to use JD-Next for admission two years ago, according to JD-Next administrator Aspen Publishing and the ABA. The variance is still available online for schools to use.
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