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More than 50 law schools in the country will accept Law School Admission Test (LSAT)-India scores for admission to their 2014 batches, Daniel O’ Bernstine, President, Law School Admission Council, said.
“LSAT India offers an opportunity for law schools to gain quality students. We hope to increase the number of Indian law schools that are using the examination,” Bernstine told Business Line .
LSAT is a standardised test which is a measure of acquired reading and verbal reasoning skills that law schools can use as one of several factors in assessing applicants. The test is an integral part of the law school admission process in the US, Canada, and many other countries.
Outside the US, the focus is on India, Australia with respect to emerging markets for legal education, Bernstine said. Among other initiatives, the council has also offered Spanish LSAT in order to expand to more markets in the world.
The entrance examination will be conducted across 16 cities in the country this year.
On whether there are plans to increase the number of centres to include tier 2, tier 3 cities, Bernstine said, “At this point, we don’t have any concerns from students not being able to get to test centres, but as we continue to expand the number of schools and the number of students taking the exam, we won’t be insensitive to the fact that we will need to make adjustments as we continue to grow.”
He also added that LSAT, unlike the Common Admission Test (CAT), will not go online any time in the near future.
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