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About the LSAT

The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a half-day standardized test required for admission to all 201 law schools that are members of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). It provides a standard measure of acquired reading and verbal reasoning skills that law schools can use as one of several factors in assessing applicants.  The test is administered four times a year at hundreds of locations around the world.

Many law schools require that the LSAT be taken by December for admission the following fall. However, taking the test earlier—in June or October—is often advised.

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PLEASE NOTE:
Almost all LSAC-member law schools in the United States will also require that you register for the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). To find out if you are required to register for LSDAS, see LSDAS Candidate Requirements.

SAMPLE Law School Admissions: To be considered for admission , applicants need to hold a bachelor’s degree from an institution that is accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score and undergraduate grades are considered to be the most reliable measures available, in most cases, for predicting probable success or failure in the study of law. Thus, most students are admitted based on undergraduate grades and LSAT scores in approximate equal measure. However, all admission decisions are discretionary and are more complex than a mere rank ordering of applicants based on a numerical formula. Accordingly, some students who have outstanding performance records and exceptional aptitude for the study and practice of law, not reflected by their undergraduate grades and LSAT scores, are admitted at the discretion of the Faculty Admissions Committee.

 The Law College is committed to a broad inquiry into the role and function of law in society and seeks a diverse student body as an integral part of its educational program. The Law College will consider the following variables in addition to the applicant’s undergraduate grade point average and LSAT score:

• minority group status: African American, Hispanic, American Indian, or any other group significantly under-represented in the legal profession and in the student body
• ability to overcome unusual educational or economic disadvantage
• significant improvement of grades or unusually difficult pattern of courses taken
• distinguished graduate study in another discipline
• time elapsed since undergraduate grades were earned
• extensive employment experience
• other factors that constitute a positive contribution to the educational experience and diversity of the student body and of the legal profession, such as leadership ability or potential demonstrated in college or in the community