Racial Bias and the LSAT: A New Approach to the Defense of Preferential Admissions.

Weber, David A.

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Racial Bias and the LSAT: A New Approach to the Defense of Preferential Admissions

Weber, David A.

Buffalo Law Review, 24, 2, 439-62, 75

The question of possible racial bias in the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), the issue crucial to future tests of the constitutionality of preferential admissions, is explored with the conclusion that uncertainties in this area should not overshadow the necessity for reexamination of law school admission criteria. (JT)

Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Higher Education, Law Schools, Predictive Measurement, Racial Bias, Racial Factors, Supreme Court Litigation, Test Bias, Test Validity

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