ABA Grants 32 Variances for JD-Next Law School Admission Test

"When the ABA made it so easy to adopt—wisely and correctly, in my view—it was it was kind of a no brainer that so we just adopt it," David Yellen, dean of the University of Miami School of Law and M. Minnette Massey professor of law, told Law.com Thursday.

September 28, 2023 at 05:06 PM

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Legal Education

Christine Charnosky

The original version of this story was published on Law.com

In May, the Council of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar hit "pause" on its proposal to allow law schools to become test-optional, but in June Council opened the door to allow schools to use the JD-Next exam for admission in lieu of the Law School Admissions Test and the Graduate Record Exam.