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Edward Tom Concurs with LSAT Study

LSAT Blog, November 3, 2011 by Steve Schwartz
http://lsatblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/berkeley-law-school-admissions-dean.html

If there are other valid measurements of success in the profession—something the LSAT does not predict at all—then these tools should be considered for the future.


Edward Tom Says Brown University’s ″New Curriculum″ Doesn’t Hurt Law School Applicants

The Brown Daily Herald, April 20, 2009 by Nicole Friedman
http://www.browndailyherald.com/your-brown-transcript-off-college-hill-1.1722969

Brown students have “never been hurt” by the curriculum in applying to the University of California at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Lawֽ said Edward Tomֽ its dean of admissions. He added that Brown has a strong reputation as one of the law school’s top feeder colleges


Ed Tom Expects Rise in Law School Applications Due to Poor Economy

Daily Californian, Dec. 5, 2008 by Alexandra Wilcox
http://www.dailycal.org/article/103823/economy_influences_graduate_school_applications

Edward Tom, dean of admissions at Boalt Hall School of Law, said he predicts the number of applicants will go up 6 to 7 percent.


Edward Tom Notes Limitations of LSAT

The Daily Californian, Nov. 10, 2008 by Liz Chang
http://www.dailycal.org/article/103487/professors_test_lsat_for_efficacy

“(The LSAT) has been honed over many, many years and the unfortunate thing about it is that its prediction value is only into the first year of law school,” said Edward Tom, dean of admissions at Boalt Hall School of Law.