With all the news surrounding the ABA’s decision to consider making the LSAT optional, how will the U.S. News law school rankings be involved? Robert Morse addresses this issue in his blog, Morse Code, even though he notes that “this potential change is a long way from happening.”
Morse acknowledges the significance of the LSAT score in the rankings, as it is weighed at 12.5 percent of the overall ranking, according to their rankings methodology. As Morse elucidates, “We believe that comparing law schools on their students’ LSATs and undergraduate GPAs is the most direct way of determining which schools have enrolled the ‘best and brightest’ students—and therefore will remain important criteria in determining which are the nation’s top law schools.”
Morse reasons that even if the LSAT is made optional at some schools, most students will continue to take and submit the test. He adds that the LSAT “has been proven to be the best and most reliable predictor of first year success at law school. With that in mind, U.S. News will continue to conduct the annual law school rankings, and the LSAT will remain a heavily weighted factor.”
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