A few years ago, the American Bar Association’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar proposed to do away with Standard 503—a long-standing policy that mandated the use of a standardized admissions test for law school applicants. For decades, this standard required schools to use a “valid and reliable test” to determine admission eligibility.

Not Just a No-Show: Understanding Faculty Absence at Graduation
Each spring, university campuses are spruced up: Lawns are mowed and stages assembled, and rows of chairs fill the arena. Graduation is a time-honored tradition, celebrating students’ hard work and


