American Bar Association votes to make LSAT optional for law school

An American Bar Association panel voted 15-1 to remove the standardized test requirement for law school applicants, effective fall 2025.

The vote by the Legal Education and Admissions committee removed the Law School Admission Test, or LSAT, as a requirement for law schools to remain accredited by the association.

The change will go before the ABA House of Delegates in February 2023 – the legislative body killed a similar proposal in 2018, according to a summary memo provided to The College Fix by the association.