Daily Archives: June 18, 2012

At its meeting on June 1, the LSAC Board of Trustees changed its policy to allow nursing mothers to request accommodations on the LSAT (more later on what to expect). Previously, new mothers who took the LSAT received no accommodations at all; LSAC had a blanket policy of refusing such requests.

For last year’s October LSAT, a new mother named Ashley asked LSAC for extra break time to pump milk for her baby. LSAC, predictably, denied her request. While Ashley went through with the LSAT anyway, her experience doesn’t sound fun. The ACLU got involved and contacted LSAC on her behalf, to no avail. The ACLU then started an internet advocacy campaign, encouraging people to take to Twitter, Facebook, and email to protest LSAC’s policy. Many bloggers, outraged, spread the word as well. Read Entire Article…