LSAT

[evanmonast]

Taking a test is a completely different environment to being in a courtroom. They're vastly different skills. Might as well say something like "people who don't like roller coasters shouldn't be a lawyer". Or "people who have arachnophobia shouldn't be a lawyer".

Me, I'm good at standardized testing. If I cared enough to study, I think there's a good chance that I could do decently enough on something like the LSAT. But I think I'd also make a terrible lawyer. Being able to pass an exam says nothing about all the other skills necessary for a given profession.

Criminal defense is fairly similar to taking a test just with an audience and an oral participation requirement. 

I don't understand what a fear of roller coasters has to do with being able to retain and regurgitate information with quick time constraints and with the pressure of someone's innocence on your shoulders. 

I didn't say the LSAT was a perfect tool for predicting someone's ability to pass law school or the BAR was the perfect tool to predict someone's ability to be a lawyer but they are by far and away the best tools we have available. Until there is a better alternative for weeding out applicants I don't see how any reputable school would drop the LSAT. It won't happen anyway so this is all a moot point.