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This post is based on commentary delivered during a webinar for admission professionals on April 24, 2020.
In this time of hardship, if you are thinking about the law as your future profession, I ask you to renew your commitment to the importance of your role as future lawyers in upholding the rule of law. You are needed now more than ever.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of what we do at the Law School Admission Council. Through our partnerships with our member law schools, we鈥檙e striving to give students from all walks of life a chance to make the dream of a law career a reality 鈥� and, in turn, create a legal system that reflects the society it serves.
We live in a changing society, and technological advancements such as artificial intelligence and automation are creating challenges, but also exciting opportunities, for law schools. How are these trends shaping law schools鈥� approaches to serving their students?
December is a busy time in legal education 鈥� from students preparing for finals, to candidates preparing their applications, to deans and admission officers building their incoming classes for 2020.
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) has evolved over the years, but it has remained the gold standard in legal education since it was introduced over 70 years ago. Accepted by every law school in the country, over 100,000 people take it every year, and 99.6% of the people who entered law school last year used the LSAT in their applications.
鈥淭he conventional law student is kind of a myth.鈥� That鈥檚 Charlie, a law school student who believes empathy is the most valuable skill to develop when pursuing a degree in law. Charlie鈥檚 story is one of five featured in the Law School Admission Council鈥檚 BE IndiVISIBLE campaign. Being 鈥渋ndivisible鈥� means ...
Lawyers are leaders, and many people in leadership roles have a legal education. Until relatively recently, though, most law programs did not specifically include leadership development as part of their curriculum. But it鈥檚 important to note that even though they may not have been called out as such, many aspects of leadership have always been part of legal education.
Falsified test results. Nonexistent athletic careers invented via Photoshop. Massive amounts of money. These were the hallmarks of the admissions scandal that鈥檚 rocking the world of higher education.
With the growing need for 鈥渓egal engineers鈥� who can harness technology, automation, data analytics, and more to augment their core knowledge of the law, a small but rising number of law schools are taking notice鈥攁nd action.