All About the LSAT
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At a Glance
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is unlike any test you've ever taken during your academic career. Most of the tests you've encountered in high school and college have more than likely been knowledge-based. The LSAT, on the other hand, is a skills-based test. It doesn't require you to regurgitate memorized facts, nor does it ask you to apply learned formulas to specific problems. On the LSAT, you will be required to think thoroughly, quickly, and strategically.
The LSAT is designed to test the critical reading and analytical thinking skills that the governing body of law schools deem critical for success in the first year of law school. You have acquired these skills to some extent gradually over the last decade-and-a-half (or more) of schooling. What you probably haven't yet acquired is the know-how to use these skills with the goal of maximized performance in the rarefied atmosphere of a standardized skills-based test.
LSAT What |
Time |
Format |
Topics Tested |
Logical Reasoning |
35 minutes |
24-26 questions |
Analyzing Arguments and Evaluating Arguments |
Logic Games |
35 minutes |
22-24 questions |
Basic Logic, Systems of Order, and Outcomes |
Reading Comprehension |
35 minutes |
26-28 questions |
Identifying Purpose, Identifying Structure, and Ascertaining Main Idea |
Experimental |
35 minutes |
22-28 unscored, experimental questions |
Any material tested in other LSAT sections |
Writing Sample |
35 minutes |
Two-page written response to a prompt |
Writing Ability, Ability to Argue a Position, and Ability to Analyze an Argument |
Click here to learn more about each LSAT section, try practice questions, and read up on helpful strategies.
Test Dates
The LSAT is offered several times each year.
For upcoming dates for the exam, plus registration and late registration deadlines click here.
Your Score
You will receive one overall score for the LSAT, ranging from 120 to 180. There are no separate scores for the individual multiple choice sections. In addition, Law Services also reports a "score band"—a range of scaled scores above and below your score, indicating a "true score" at a reasonable level of confidence. Finally, you will also receive a percentile score, ranking your performance relative to the scores of a large sample population of other LSAT takers.
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