February 16, 2001

$10-Million Project Will Press Law Schools to Put Less Weight on Test Scores

Scores aren't everything.

That's the message the Law School Admission Council is sending to law schools, to the tune of $10-million.

The council, which administers the Law School Admission Test, agrees with critics that law schools put too much weight on standardized-test scores. That emphasis, the critics say, along with bans on affirmative action in some states, has caused minority enrollments to slide.

So the council is spending $10-million to

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