More Law Schools Begin Accepting GRE Test Results<br />Georgetown said that it found “GRE scores were at least as strong a predictor of academic success at Georgetown Law as LSAT scores.”<br />Northwestern’s law school dean, Daniel B. Rodriguez, said its study found<br />that the exam was “a strong predictor of first-year performance at Northwestern.” Northwestern’s study was conducted with the Educational Testing Service, the administrator of the GRE, which is used for most graduate school programs.<br />Two top-ranked schools — Georgetown University Law Center<br />and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law — this week joined Harvard Law’s recent move to make it simpler to apply.<br />Applicants can submit the results of the more widely available Graduate Record Exam, the GRE, instead of those from<br />the Law School Admissions Test, which long has been entrenched as the numeric gauge of law school success.<br />“We believe this change will make the admissions process more accessible to students who have great potential to make a mark here at Georgetown Law and in successful legal careers<br />but who might find the LSAT to be a barrier for whatever reason,” said William M. Treanor, the school’s dean.<br />With the two this week, there are now four law schools, including the University<br />of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, that admit students with GRE scores.<br />Georgetown Law will begin accepting GRE scores in addition to LSAT scores for applicants to its 2018 entering class.<br />Arizona was the first law school to defy the decades-old wisdom that the LSAT was the only reliable numerical predictor for how students would fare.
