What is the LSAT?

All American Bar Association (ABA)-approved law schools and many non-ABA-approved law schools require applicants to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) as part of the admission process. The LSAT is given four times a year in designated testing centers around the world.

The LSAT is designed to measure skills that are considered essential for success in law school:

• reading and comprehension of complex texts with accuracy and insight;
• organization and management of information;
• ability to draw reasonable inferences from texts;
• ability to think critically; and
• analysis and evaluation of the reasoning and arguments of others.

The test consists of five 35-minute sections of multiple-choice questions and a 35-minute unscored writing sample, which is administered at the end of the test. Copies of the writing sample are sent to all law schools to which you apply.

For most law schools, the LSAT is an important, but not the only, criteria in evaluating applicants