Bernstine was President of the state university for the last decade. Prior to that, he was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School from 1990 to 1997.

Bernstine is an attorney and an expert on courts and higher education.  He has authored three books and numerous scholarly articles. He has vast experience in drafting and reviewing test questions while successfully leading the National Conference of Bar Examiners.

Bernstine’s “wisdom about undergraduate education, law schools, and the practicing bar” and his qualifications as a successful “manager and academic leader” will help LSAC stride ahead, said Kent Syverud, Chair of the LSAC Board of Trustees. As for Bernstine, he summed up his move as “a good opportunity […] to do something different." 

Headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, the LSAC administers the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and carries out multiple other services for law schools and students. The members of LSAC, a non-profit organization, include law schools across the United States and Canada. Apart from encouraging students from the underrepresented groups to take up the legal profession, LSAC also funds wide-ranging social science research on law and legal institutions.