Fingerprinting of law school test takers sets off alarms

A complaint by a B.C. law student about mandatory fingerprinting by administrators of the law school admission test (LSAT) has raised concerns in law schools across the country. Such concerns are heightened by the fact that the company is US-based and hence subject to the US PATRIOT Act, under which the FBI can access data from private sector companies without warrant and under the veil of secrecy, for self-declared counter-terrorism purposes. CBC-BC story uOttawa News Release Council of Canadian Law Deans News Release