Comments on: Law schools roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/05/law-schools-roundup-29/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 22 May 2014 21:37:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/05/law-schools-roundup-29/comment-page-1/#comment-286466 Thu, 22 May 2014 21:37:26 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=45300#comment-286466 “Do you really want…?” is not the right question. The aim of DoJ and the activists with which it is allied is precisely to foil the downstream preferences of the law or medical schools considering making an offer of admission, or the subsequent law firms or hospitals considering making a job offer. They will be sent only sanitized test scores and transcripts precisely so as to conceal information they have good reason to consider material.

]]> By: Bumper https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/05/law-schools-roundup-29/comment-page-1/#comment-286457 Thu, 22 May 2014 21:19:31 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=45300#comment-286457 The most telling line of the Justice Dept press release:

“Without the necessary accommodations, test takers with disabilities are denied an equal opportunity to demonstrate their aptitude and achievement level.”

No, if you give someone extra time then it isn’t an equal opportunity anymore. And do you really want a lawyer who take two hours to read a brief that the others can read in ten minutes?

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