For
a
very
long
time,
taking
the
LSAT
was
the
thing
you
did
if
you
were
serious
about
attending
law
school.
Now
there’s
a
lot
more
wiggle
room.
The
ABA
recently
voted
to
create
a
process
that
will
let
law
schools
bypass
evaluating
standardized
testing
scores
altogether.
That
said,
law
school
applicants
may
find
it
beneficial
to
still
take
a
standardized
test
in
case
the
score
strengthens
their
resume.
The
LSAT
is
still
the
tried
and
true
evaluator,
but
competing
test
options
like
the
GRE
and
JD-Next
may
one
day
usurp
the
top
spot.
But
these
experimental
options
aren’t
just
changing
what
applying
for
law
school
looks
like,
they’re
also
changing
hands.
JD-Next
is,
at
least.
Reuters
has
coverage:
Aspen
Publishing
has
bought
alternative
law
school
admissions
program
JD-Next
from
the
University
of
Arizona
James
E.
Rogers
College
of
Law,
the
company
said
on
Tuesday.Aspen
purchased
the
program,
developed
at
the
Arizona
law
school
in
2019
as
an
alternative
to
the
widely
used
Law
School
Admission
Test,
for
an
undisclosed
amount.
So
far,
56
law
schools—more
than
a
quarter
of
all
American
Bar
Association-accredited
campuses—have
received
ABA
permission
to
use
JD-Next
test
scores
when
admitting
students.
The
change
in
ownership
may
be
the
push
Aspen
needs
to
grow
JD-Next
as
a
competitor
to
the
LSAT.
It
is
also
happening
at
a
time
that
the
importance
of
standardized
testing
may
be
on
the
decline.
LSAT
Competitor
Sold
Amid
Push
For
Alternative
Law
School
Admissions
[Reuters]
Earlier:
And
Then
There
Were
57:
5
More
Schools
Accept
JD-Next
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Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.