Harvard Law Won’t Require LSAT

Beginning this fall, Harvard Law School will allow applicants to submit scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). The move is part of an effort by Harvard Law to expand access; the GRE test is offered often and in many places in the world, which could make it simpler and less expensive to apply. The University of Arizona College of Law last year became the first school in the country to allow applicants to send GRE scores instead of LSAT scores. “This is a very big deal,” said Bill Henderson, professor of law at the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University. “This is a wise move. … It loosens the vice grip of these numerical admissions criteria on the legal academy. … This is really exciting, good news. I can’t imagine other top law schools not following suit.”