An announcement from a recent ABA Council meeting as covered in the ABA Journal.

Law schools can take three more years to determine whether they want to admit students without taking an admissions test.

The council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted at its quarterly meeting in Chicago on Friday to extend the deadline for applications requesting a variance from the standard requiring law schools to use a standardized test, like the Law School Admission Test or the Graduate Record Exam, as part of the admissions

Julianne Hill, ABA Legal Ed Council Extends Test-Optional Admissions Variance, ABA Journal, August 26, 2026.