Northwestern Considers GRE Over LSAT

Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law is the latest to signal it may consider GRE scores over traditional LSAT scores in the admissions process. “This is a new world. Law schools are looking at much more sophisticated data,” Daniel B. Rodriguez, dean of the law school, told the Chicago Tribune. “It’s just simply a matter of time, and probably a short amount of time, before the hegemony of the LSAT will destabilize and law schools will be looking at other criteria for admission.” Northwestern joins Harvard Law School, which announced in March that it will accept the GRE in lieu of the LSAT. The proposed revision is under consideration by the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, and is scheduled for July 13 in Chicago.