The support from the PPP enabled [the council] to maintain operational continuity at a time of severe disruption due to the pandemic. We were able to maintain all our vital services to schools and candidates and at the same time develop a new online delivery system for the LSAT that enabled candidates to earn a score from the safety of their own homes and enabled this year’s applicant volumes to catch up with last year’s.
— Kellye Testy, president of the Law School Admission Council, commenting on the $5.3 million paycheck protection program loan the council received enabled it to develop the LSAT-Flex, an online version of the law school admissions exam that was used for the first time in June 2020 following the cancellation of in-person tests due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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