From WSJopinion: The flight from merit continues across America, and it’s spreading fast in the legal profession
The flight from merit continues across America, and it’s spreading fast in the legal profession. An arm of the American Bar Association , which accredits law schools, voted on Nov. 18 to end the requirement that prospective law students take the Law School Admission Test. And here we thought torturing prospective lawyers was a widely accepted public good.
The vote is pending approval from the ABA House of Delegates in February. If adopted, it would make standardized testing optional in preparation for a career that demands a lot of standardized knowledge.
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