Susannah Pollvogt is the principal consultant for academics and curriculum in LSAC’s Legal Education Consulting group (LEC). Susannah specializes in assisting schools with curriculum review, academic support and bar passage programming, NextGen Bar Exam preparedness, learning outcome assessment, and academic advising. Susannah spent fifteen years as a law professor teaching legal analysis skills as well as designing and implementing various forms of academic programming. Immediately prior to joining LSAC, she served as the inaugural associate dean for student success at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, School of Law.
How is the NextGen Bar Exam different from the current Uniform Bar Exam, and how can law schools assess students' readiness for the NextGen exam?
At the most successful law schools, responsibilities for academic support and advising, professional identity formation, career development, and employment outcomes are shared by the whole law school.
The NextGen Bar Exam will be offered beginning in July 2026. What can schools to do ensure their students are ready?
LSAC recently started a Strategic Legal Education Working Group to advise about the challenges law students face. Meet the members of the working group here.
LSAC’s newest program can help you build a solid foundation to help you thrive academically and professionally.
By Susannah Pollvogt
By Susannah Pollvogt