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As part of the Law School Admission Council’s longstanding commitment to promoting access and equity in legal education, the organization is pleased to announce the winners of its 2020 writing competition, held every two years to bring attention to the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion in legal education and the profession.

NEW DELHI, INDIA â€� The Law School Admission Council (°®ÓÎÏ·ÌåÓý®), a U.S.-based, not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting quality, access, and equity in law and education worldwide, today announced two scholarships that will give aspiring lawyers taking the upcoming LSAT—India test the opportunity to study at some of the best law schools in India.

Initiative Aims at Promoting Diversity in Law and Legal Education
 

In a first-of-its-kind effort to connect and support law-themed high schools and, in turn, increase access to legal education, the Law School Admission Council (°®ÓÎÏ·ÌåÓý) and Street Law, Inc., have collaborated to launch the . This centralized source of information on U.S.

“As one of more than 35 organizations dedicated to advancing diversity in higher education who filed an in this case, the Law School Admission Council applauds today’s decision. This ruling upholds the careful and appropriate balance that the Courts have forged over four decades, allowing colleges and universities to consider race and ethnicity as one part of a comprehensive admission policy.

The Law School Admission Council announced that its July 15 administration of the first-ever digital version of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) was generally very successful, opening an exciting new chapter in °®ÓÎÏ·ÌåÓý’s history with help from the organization’s technology partners at Microsoft and its dedicated test center staff.

Law Students Compete for Seed Money to Implement Their Access to Justice Solution

 

Every other year, °®ÓÎÏ·ÌåÓý surveys its member law schools to update information of importance to LGBTQ applicants. This information helps applicants gauge the LGBTQ climates of prospective law schools, providing another way to determine if a law school is the right fit for them. Nearly 100 law schools in the United States and Canada responded to the 2018 LGBTQ Law School Survey, which asked schools to answer the following questions:

°®ÓÎÏ·ÌåÓý’s new “Keeping Up to Dataâ€� podcast, first released in November 2018, addresses current data of interest to law school admission professionals. Podcasts will be released about once a month, and topics will include application and applicant volumes, test-taker trends, and more.