Looking for official admissions policy on canceled LSAT scores / multiple LSAT scores
Let me start with my understanding that admissions departments typically view canceled scores as neutral and reserve the right to consider all scores when multiple scores are present, even if the highest score is the most important to them. I have that understanding based on reasoning about the predictive value of multiple scores outweighing the predictive value of a single score, about the intended function of having a score cancel feature, and based on official statements made by law schools.
Nonetheless, I am looking for info that challenges that understanding.
Looking for current admissions policy that either:
-states categorically that canceled scores are viewed as negatives in the admission decision.
-states categorically that lower scores will never be considered in any way when multiple scores are present.
I am only looking for such information if is either:
-posted on a law school's official website.
-verifiable as official policy at a school, such as a quote from an admissions dean in an interview posted to an outside blog.
If you think it is useful to comment XYZ expert's opinion and reasoning on the matter, sure, why not, but that's not what I'm looking for.
Yes, if I had time, I could comb through all of the 200 or so law school's websites to find this info, if it even exists, but even then it wouldn't find those dean statements that might be posted somewhere else. I'm just hoping that maybe some of you already know exactly where at least some of those policies and statements are posted, if they even exist, and can provide direct links.
And what is prompting this query? Let's just say that I have seen supposed experts make claims that canceled scores were negative and/or make claims that only the highest score counts for any reason and/or make claims that in some cases keeping a score lower than a previous score on file was better than canceling that score. But said experts could not provide a source other than repeating other supposed experts. So, I'm looking for official sources.
TIA
Posted Jun 10, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC