ABA Invites More Law Schools to Seek Variance to Admit Students Without a Test Score

The vote comes after the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted in November to accept variances to Standard 503, allowing schools to request the ability to admit up to 100% of its students without an admissions test—a significant shift from the prior rule, which only allowed up to 10% of students to be admitted without a test.