David Moss (Wayne State) shared some thoughts about the ABA's proposal to drop its requirement that law schools demand the LSAT (or its equivalent):
One reason Standard 503 and its interpretation are problematic is that they require law schools to require all applicants to take the LSAT (except when the ABA has granted a waiver), even applicants for whom LSDAS admits the LSAT is not a valid and reliable test. LSDAS continues its practice of flagging the LSAT scores of candidates with disabilities who take the LSAT under non-standard conditions (e.g. candidates with cerebral palsy who receive extra time as an accommodation because it takes them extra time to fill in the test's innumerable bubbles). LSDAS justifies this practice because its research shows that the scores of candidates who receive extra time as an accommodation are not a valid and reliable indicator of those candidates' likelihood of success in law school. Modifying or eliminating Standard 503 would make it possible for a law school to require the LSAT of most applicants while waiving that requirement and using other tests or criteria when evaluating applicants for whom the LSAT is not a valid and reliable test.
better late than never