Consultant Recommends Cautious Approach with JD-Next

The JD-Next should only be used “at first, as a secondary supplement to existing and well-validated measures like college grades, LSAT, or GRE scores” according to a memo published on the ABA’s website.

Nathan Kuncel, the consultant and a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota, explained, “[The] JD-Next exam is a reliable and valid predictor of early law school grades but with multiple cautions and caveats that cannot be evaluated with the present data and may represent threats to its validity if used operationally for high-stakes decisions.”

Christopher Robertson, who has been spearheading the development of JD-Next stated he is “delighted to receive the consultant’s report that, with various caveats and cautions, concludes that JD-Next is a valid and reliable test for law school admissions.”