Lawyers who run courses to prepare for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) say they hope changes to the test will make law school more accessible to people with disabilities.
In August, 2024, the test will no longer include logic games and will instead have two logical reasoning sections, one reading comprehension section and an unscored third section. The logic games relied on visual patterns and spatial recognition, which disadvantaged people with visual impairments. In 2019, a visually impaired test taker filed a lawsuit, claiming that the section put them at a disadvantage.
“The main impact on test takers will be the removal of a barrier to going to law school,” said Nicholas Pope, a human rights lawyer and owner of Ottawa LSAT, a prep school for the exam.
Pope sees the change as a good thing for prospective law students and the profession.
“It will allow some people to take the test who otherwise would not have, due to visual impairment or simply having difficulty with the section,” he said.
The logic games section can be difficult, stressful and time consuming for test takers.
“I know of some students who had given up on taking the LSAT after struggling with logic games, and now that it is being removed, they have decided to take it again,” Pope explains.
Pope, who has helped students prepare for the LSAT for 11 years, says that any changes that promote accessibility and diversity are important.
He added that he hopes the Law School Admission Council will continue to modernize as necessary.
“If people with disabilities or minority groups
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