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Brooklyn Law School will begin accepting GRE scores from fall 2018 applicants

December 6, 2017 By Rob Abruzzese, Legal Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn Law School will begin accepting GRE scores in place of LSAT scores from applicants starting next fall. Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn Law School will begin accepting GRE scores in place of LSAT scores from applicants starting next fall. Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Law School
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Brooklyn Law School (BLS) announced on Tuesday that it will begin accepting Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores from applicants starting with the fall 2018 class. This would include all J.D. programs including two-year, three-year and four-year schedules.

BLS will still continue to accept the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). Applicants from fall 2018 on would be able to submit either LSAT or GRE scores, or both.

“The decision to accept the GRE in addition to the LSAT for application to our Law School is yet another way we are seeking to attract talented students from diverse education and career backgrounds — including in the sciences, engineering, medicine and technology — who wish to pursue legal education,” said BLS President and Dean Nicholas Allard.

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“As we prepare the next generation of lawyers for a rapidly changing marketplace, the way in which we attract and comprehensively evaluate our prospective law students must change as well. The GRE will give us another objective measure that is widely used in graduate education by which we can assess an applicant’s potential to succeed in both law school and professionally.”

Accepting GRE scores is still a relatively rare occurrence amongst law schools, but it is a rapidly growing trend. Columbia and St. John’s University School of Law already accept GRE scores. Nationally, big names have recently jumped on board as well, including Harvard, Georgetown and University of Arizona. According to Kaplan Test Prep, at least 25 percent of law schools are planning on implementing the use of GRE scores in the future.

“By accepting the GRE, we are creating flexibility and options to pursue a law degree for highly qualified applicants with quantitative skills, including those with STEM backgrounds, and those for whom preparation for multiple advanced studies admissions exams is not feasible,” said Dean of Admissions Eulas Boyd.

 


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