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What
is LSAT? LSAT stands for
Law School Admission Test. It is
administered by the Law School Admission
Council (LSAC).
LSAT is
a pre-requisite if you wish to attend law
school. It is a standardized test needed
for getting admission to all American Bar
Association (ABA) approved law schools,
most law schools in Canada and some non
ABA Approved law schools.
The LSAT
is held four times each year at different
locations throughout the United States
and foreign centers. Prospective law
students can take more than one test each
year. Law Schools select students based
on their LSAT scores. If the prospective
student has given the LSAT more than
once, some law schools consider the
highest score while some consider the
average score. LSAT is generally held on
a Saturday but tests are available on
Mondays and Wednesdays for those who
worship the Sabbath on Saturdays.
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The exam has
five sectionsof 35 minutes each. The sections
are:
- Reading
Comprehension – The questions in
this section designed to measure the
candidate’s ability to read, with
understanding and insight, examples of
lengthy and complex materials similar to
those commonly encountered in law school
work. The reading comprehension section
contains four sets of reading questions,
each consisting of a selection of reading
material, followed by five to eight
questions that test reading and reasoning
abilities.
- Logical
Reasoning – There are two sectionsof
logical reasoning. Each section has
questions designed to evaluate the
candidate’s ability to understand,
analyze, criticize, and complete a
variety of arguments. Each logical
reasoning question requires the candidate
to read and comprehend a short passage,
then answer a question about it. The
questions test a variety of abilities
involved in reasoning logically and
thinking critically.
- Analytical
Reasoning – This section has
questions designed to measure the
candidate’s ability to understand a
structure of relationships and to draw
logical conclusions about that structure.
The candidates are asked to make
deductions from a set of statements,
rules, or conditions that describe
relationships among entities such as
persons, places, things, or events. They
simulate the kinds of detailed analyses
of relationships that a law student must
perform in solving legal problems.
- The above
three sections contain multiple choice
questions. There is no penalty for wrong
answers.
- Variable
Section – This section also has
multiple choice questions. The scores
from this section are not counted towards
the final LSAT score. This section is
designed to pretest new test questions or
to pre-equate new test forms. However,
candidates are not disclosed as to which
of sections is the variable one. So, the
candidate must answer all the sections.
- Writing
Sample – Candidates must submit a
writing sample. There are no marks or
scores for the writing sample, but a copy
of the writing sample is sent to all law
schools to which the candidate applies.
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