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 school
deems 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.
Logical Reasoning Section I
Time: 35 minutes
Format: 24-26 questions
Topics Tested: Analyzing Arguments and
Evaluating Arguments
Logical Reasoning Section II
Time: 35 minutes
Format: 24-26 questions
Topics Tested: Analyzing Arguments and
Evaluating Arguments
Logic Games Section
Time: 35 minutes
Format: 22-24 questions
Topics Tested: Basic Logic, Systems of Order,
and Outcomes
Reading Comprehension Section
Time: 35 minutes
Format: 26-28 questions
Topics Tested: Identifying Purpose, Identifying
Structure, and Ascertaining Main Idea
Experimental Section
Time: 35 minutes
Format: 22-28 unscored, experimental
questions
Topics Tested: Any material tested in other LSAT
sections
Question Types: Could be any from other LSAT
sections
Learn more about the
Experimental section.
Writing Sample
Time: 35 minutes
Format: Two-page written response to a
prompt
Topics Tested: Writing Ability, Ability to Argue
a Position, and Ability to Analyze an Argument
Learn more about the Writing
Sample.
