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Arizona Law’s Embrace of GRE Draws Ire of LSAT-Maker

投向GRE的懷抱！亞利桑那大學法學院惹怒LAST主辦單位！

By JACOB GERSHMAN

May 2, 2016 11:19 am ET

University of Arizona College of Law’s decision to make the Law School Admission Test optional has put the school at odds with the powerful national nonprofit group that administers the exam and controls much of the law-school application process nationwide.

亞利桑那大學法學院決定讓LSAT（美國法學院入學考試）不再是申請唯一選擇。LAST是重要的國家級非營利機構，深深影響美國法學院的申請。

According to a Wall Street Journal report:

根據《華爾街日報》報導：

Arizona Law has started allowing applicants to take the Graduate Record Examination test in lieu of the LSAT, a move the school hopes will expand and diversify the pool of students considering enrolling…

亞利桑那大學法學院開始接受以GRE代替LSAT申請，這一舉動是因學校希望能讓更多不同特質的學生考慮申請亞利桑那大學法學院。

Arizona Law, based in Tucson, says a study it conducted with the makers of the GRE convinced the school that the GRE is a reliable standardized substitute.

位於Tucson市的亞利桑那大學法學院與GRE主辦單位指出一份研究，說服該大學GRE是一個有指標性的標準化測驗（可以替代LSAT）。

But the change of its requirements has drawn them into a clash with Newtown, Pa.,-based Law School Admission Council Inc., which controls the LSAT and acts as a key application clearinghouse for more than 200 law schools across the nation.

但是這項申請上的改變造成與賓州的LSAC的衝突，LSAC是執行LSAT測驗的機構，而超過200間法學院申請都須透過LAST這項考試。

Last month, LSAC’s general counsel notified Arizona Law that the school’s new policy may violate its bylaws, which require that “substantially all of” a law school’s applicants take the LSAT.

上個月，LSAC發信通知亞利桑那大學法學院，該學院的新政策可能會違反規則，因幾乎所有的法學院申請都須進行LSAT測驗。

The letter said the group is considering expelling Arizona Law from its membership, which would effectively cut off the school’s access to a crucial student admissions pipeline. The question of Arizona Law’s membership will be taken up at an LSAC board of trustees scheduled this week, the letter said. The board is made up of mostly law school deans and law professors.

該信指出LASC考慮要將亞利桑那大學法學院逐出會員名單，這樣做將會剔除該學院（透過LAST）讓學生申請的資格。信中說道處理亞利桑那大學法學院的會員資格的監理會委員將會在這禮拜確定。該監理會委員將會由眾多大學法學院院長和法律系教授們擔任。