Scores over Internships in Law School Admissions

Survey Says: “Law schools may favor scores over internships”

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For law school applicants, internship experience may not be as advantageous as they believe, according to a recent survey conducted by a national test prep company.

Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions recently released a survey showing that 60 percent of law school admission officials say that applicants who have law-related internship experience have no advantage over those who do not.

Bill Griner, a law school advisement counselor with Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, said the Law School Admission Test has taken on greater importance than any other admission criteria.

“The LSAT score is more [important] than GPA and grades combined,” Griner said. “The four years that you spend in undergraduate school is less important than the four-hour test you have to take to get into law school. I’m not sure why that is, but it’s the truth.”

The survey was taken by 152 admission officers at different law schools. A fifth of admission officers surveyed said the LSAT should be changed to help better evaluate applicants.

[Daily Texan]

Comments

[Liz Ryan Cole]

How can anyone say they don't know why the LSAT is so important. The one and only reason is the US News rankings. I assume admissions people will/would address this (though the other point quoted in this article, that only 1/5 of admissions officers even called for changes in the LSAT makes one wonder).