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New Law School To Accept GRE

Another law school has followed suit in accepting the GRE.

The University of Akron School of Law is the latest program to begin accepting GRE scores for admission in lieu of the LSAT. The move makes Akron the first public law school in Ohio to accept the GRE, according to a press release.

“Until three years ago, law schools exclusively utilized the LSAT as the sole admission test to assess the capability of applicants to succeed in law school,” Christopher J. (C.J.) Peters, dean of Akron Law, says in a press release. “However, the American Bar Association allows the use of any admission test that is a valid and reliable predictor of success in law school.”

MAKING LAW EDUCATION MORE ACCESSIBLE

Many law schools have decided to open up admissions to the GRE in large part to reach a wider applicant base.

“Because many more students take the GRE than the LSAT, we believe use of the GRE will make legal education more accessible to students with a greater diversity of backgrounds,” Peters says. “Now, more students can consider law school along with other graduate programs without devoting extra time and resources to prepare for and take another test. Moreover, students can use a GRE score they received in the last five years when applying to Akron Law.”

Additionally, because the GRE tests areas such as math, law schools can reach students from STEM fields who wouldn’t traditionally take the LSAT.

Law Schools Accepting GRE

The University of Akron School of Law joins 46 other law schools in the US that have made the switch to the GRE.

See the latest list below:

  1. American University Washington College of Law
  2. Boston University School of Law
  3. Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
  4. Brooklyn Law School
  5. California Western School of Law
  6. Chicago-Kent College of Law
  7. Columbia Law School
  8. Cornell Law School
  9. Florida International University College of Law
  10. Florida State University College of Law
  11. George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
  12. Georgetown University Law Center
  13. Harvard Law School
  14. John Marshall Law School
  15. Massachusetts School of Law at Andover
  16. New York University School of Law
  17. Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
  18. Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law
  19. Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law
  20. Pennsylvania State University — Penn State Law
  21. Pepperdine School of Law
  22. Seattle University School of Law
  23. Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
  24. St. John’s University School of Law
  25. Suffolk University Law School
  26. Texas A&M University School of Law
  27. University of Akron School of Law
  28. University at Buffalo School of Law
  29. University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
  30. University of California, Davis, School of Law
  31. University of California, Irvine School of Law
  32. University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
  33. University of Chicago Law School
  34. University of Dayton School of Law
  35. University of Hawai’i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
  36. University of Montana Alexander Blewett III School of Law
  37. University of New Hampshire School of Law
  38. University of Notre Dame Law School
  39. University of Pennsylvania Law School
  40. University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
  41. University of South Carolina School of Law
  42. University of Texas at Austin School of Law
  43. University of Virginia School of Law
  44. Wake Forest University School of Law
  45. Washington University School of Law
  46. Yale Law School
  47. Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Sources: University of Akron School of Law, Educational Testing Service

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