Law Deans Defend Arizona’s Use of GRE

Inside Higher Ed:

Nearly 150 deans of law schools have written to the Law School Admission Council to demand that it stop plans to kick out the University of Arizona for that institution’s decision to accept the GRE as an admissions test, in addition to accepting the Law School Admission Test. Arizona announced the shift in February, following analysis that found the GRE predicts first-year student performance. That prompted the Law School Admission Council to threaten to kick out Arizona for violating a rule to admit “substantially all” applicants based in part on LSAT scores. The law dean’s letter states that the rule should be changed, and that taking action against Arizona denies a law school the right to experiment.