"Looking Beyond the LSAT" Report Released

For about 10 years, University of California-Berkeley law professor Marjorie Shultz has been researching whether there's a better way to predict success in law school than the LSAT. Now that research has been compiled and released in a 100-page report entitled Looking Beyond the LSAT, co-authored by Berkeley psychology professor Sheldon Zedeck.

In the report, the professors present preliminary findings that suggest employment tests that look at skills such as creativity, problem-solving, negotiation, and stress management are potentially more helpful than the LSAT in predicting how someone will perform in law school and in the legal workplace.

And the LSAC, which administers the LSAT, is listening. LSAC spokesman Wendy Margolis says the group will look further into the findings, even working with Berkeley on securing funding and conducting more research.

With these findings along with the fact that we've seen two schools phase out the LSAT for some applicants, is the death of the LSAT on the horizon? What do you think?

Read more: Berkeley Wants Research on LSAT to Go National at Law.com