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For the 2021-22 forum season, LSAC is employing a hybrid approach with a mix of online and in-person events. We spoke with Gisele Joachim, executive director of education and ambassador programs, about how this year’s forums have gone so far and what candidates can expect from upcoming events.
Seeking to support and encourage underserved students interested in legal education, a group of Canadian law schools is using LSAC LawHub as a central component of their free LSAT prep courses.
A visionary law school dean is paving the way for incarcerated persons to take the LSAT as a path to a new life and more diverse legal profession.
New research shows that practicing for the LSAT through the LSAC/Khan Academy Test Prep is the clearest path to boost your score on test day.
By LSAC Research
By LSAC Research
As the 2021 law school admission cycle enters the home stretch and we say good-bye to the LSAT-Flex, we look back on the past 16 months and also look ahead to the next admission cycle.
Keni Anthony says she’s always wanted to attend a historically Black university. “Ever since I was little, watching my auntie walk across the stage at Savannah State, I knew from that age that that would be me,” she says.
Kristen Juhan crunched the numbers and found her career wasn’t adding up. She’d majored in business economics in college and was working as a certified public accountant, but it wasn’t as fulfilling as she’d hoped it would be.
Without the ability to host in-person events during the COVID-19 pandemic, law school candidates and admission offices have had to get creative, with virtual office hours, Zoom panels, and other opportunities to connect digitally. LSAC is also embracing those opportunities.
We have just completed the June administration of the LSAT-Flex, the online, remotely proctored delivery of LSAT that we designed to give law school candidates the opportunity to complete their application to law school despite the COVID-19 restrictions on travel and large gatherings.
Applicants to law school have always been concerned about how to pay for their education, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating those concerns. How are law school admission and financial aid offices dealing with these changing times?