University of Michigan Scrapping LSAT?

If you're currently an undergrad at the University of Michigan and thinking about going to law school, you got some great news this week, provided your GPA is 3.8 or above. The University of Michigan Law School has announced that through the Wolverine Scholars program, it will offer admission to up to 10 Michigan undergrads with GPAs of at least 3.8 per year, no LSAT required.

The school says the move is intended to encourage more in-state students to stay in Michigan, but the legal blogosphere has been abuzz with the theory that the law school is merely trying to up its national ranking by raising its average GPA without affecting average LSAT scores.

In response, the school says that the small number of students admitted in this way couldn't possibly affect such rankings.

Now will other law schools follow Michigan's lead? Could this mean the end of the LSAT? Stay tuned.