Law School Admission Test (LSAT)
What is the Law School Admission Test (LSAT)?
The (LSAC) provides a wealth of information to students who are considering law school, including information about the LSAT. The is a half-day, paper-based test made up of five 35-minute sections of multiple choice questions and a 35-minute writing sample. The multiple-choice sections of the test will fall into one of three categories:
- Reading comprehension
- Analytical reasoning
- Logical reasoning
When should I sign up for a test?
The LSAT is administered four times a year at designated testing centers across the country. Seats are limited at each test site. You should register as soon as possible to make sure you get a seat at the test center closest to you. Test takers are prohibited from taking the LSAT more than three times in any two-year period.
What resources are available to help me prepare?
The LSAC website provides a number of free , including test-taking strategies, sample questions and answers, and a complete practice test.
Other test-preparation resources include:
- online test prep. Western's Continuing and Professional Education program offers a number of low-cost, online test-preparation courses in cooperation with ed2go. Simply enter "LSAT" in the search window to find available courses.
- LSAT online prep course.
- LSAT prep (books, courses, tutoring, admissions).
- online test prep options.
