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39 Id. at 185, 187 (suggesting that admissions officers use the Pagan-Holland test, which would control the concepts in a test so that everyone gets equal exposure to those concepts, as an alternative to the LSAT).

40 Randall, supra note 15. at 141-42.

41 St. John's Univ. Sch. of Law, supra note 36.

42 Id. (quoting Phil Shelton).

43 Stake, supra note 15, at 301.

44 Id.

45 St. John's Univ. Sch. of Law, supra note 36 (quoting Robert Morse).

46 Id. (quoting Robert Morse).

47 Id. (quoting Robert Morse).

48 Id. (quoting Robert Morse).

49 See LAW SCH. ADMISSION COUNCIL, LAW SCHOOL DEANS SPEAK OUT ABOUT RANKINGS (2005), available at http://lsac.org/pdfs./2005-2006/RANKING2005newer.pdf.

50 Id.

51 Id.

52 Id.

53 Id.

54 Id.

55 See id.; see also Norman Bradburn, Outranked and Underrated, LEGAL AFFAIRS, Nov./Dec. 2005, available at http://www.legalaffairs.org/printerfriendly. msp?id=925 (describing law school rankings as "inherently misleading").

56 See Laura Rothstein, The LSAT, U.S. News & World Report, and Minority Admissions: Special Challenges and Special Opportunities for Law School Deans, 80 ST. JOHN'S LAW REV. 257,262 (2006).

57 See id.

58 Id.

69 See id. at 283.

60 See id. at 283-84.

61 See ABA Comm. on Racial & Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, Statistics About Minorities in the Profession from the Census, available at http://abanet.org/minorities/links/2000census/html (last visited March 21, 2006).

62 See N.Y. COUNTY LAWYERS' ASS'N TASK FOKCK TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION, REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE (2005) [hereinafter N.Y.C.L.A. TASK FORCE REPORT], available at http://www.nycla.org/siteFiles/sitePages/ sitePages266_3.pdf.

63 St. John's Univ. Sch. of Law, supra note 36.

64 Id.

65 Id.

66 Laurel Currie Oates, Leveling the Playing Field: Helping Students Succeed by Helping Them Learn to Read as Expert Lawyers, 80 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. 227, 241 (2006).

67 Id. at 251-54.

68 Freedle, supra note 38, at 216.

69 Id.

70 See Austin, supra note 15, at 298 (advocating a "whole file review" in some instances); St. John's Univ. Sch. of Law, supra note 36 (reporting Shelton's suggestion that law schools should be performing "holistic reviews" for admission).

71 Freedle, supra note 38, at 189, 220, 226; Haddon & Post, supra note 15, at 93-94.

72 Haddon & Post, supra note 15, at 86-88.

73 Austin, supra note 15, at 295, 297-98.

74 Stake, supra note 15, at 317-18.

75 Jones, supra note 12, at 40 (suggesting that a statute may need to be passed to create a cause of action against law schools for the "discriminatory impact of admissions test requirements"). But see St. John's Univ. Sch. of Law, supra note 36 (reporting that in analyzing a law school's misuse of the LSAT, Jones stated " 'practices that have a disparate impact shift the burden of proof to the law schools and the LSAC to show a valid educational purpose,' " and in challenging those law schools that misuse the LSAT, he declared, " '[!]et's test the test and make it subject to validation in a court of law.' ") (quoting Donald Jones).