Nearly 25% of American Bar Association-accredited law schools have been granted a variance from Standard 503 to use JD-Next as an admission test, which can be used in lieu of the Law School Admissions Test and the Graduate Record Exam.
In June, the Council of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions opened the door to allow schools to use the JD-Next exam, and in September granted variances to 32 law schools, plus the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
