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Every year 135,000 pre-law students take LSAT, the Law School Admission Test. LSAT was first administered by ETS, Educational Testing Services, but after 1979 Law School Admission Council (LSAC) continued its administration.
LSAC is a non-profit organization with more than 200 members. All of LSAC members, law schools, are approved by the American Bar Association (ABA).
LSAT is a well known test that is required for admission to all ABA-approved law schools, most Canadian law schools, and many non ABA-approved law schools.
LSAT is administered four times a year and takes about half a day to complete including the breaks.
LSAT is one of many items that law schools look at to determine which students should be admitted to their program. LSAT enables schools’ administrator to measure your ability in:
- Reading and comprehension of complex text with accuracy and insight,
- Organization and management of information,
- Drawing reasonable conclusion from available information,
- Critical thinking,
- Analysis and evaluation of the reasoning and arguments of others,
- Distinguishing fact from opinion,
- Adapting to unfamiliar circumstances and procedures,
- Clarifying ambiguity.
LSAT dose NOT measure your academic knowledge, but how well you are suited for law school courses and training.
The Law School Data Assembly Services (LSDAS)
LSDAS, the Law School Data Assembly Services, will coordinate your academic and biographical information and your test score. LSDAS also simplifies the United States law schools admission process by organizing and standardizing your undergraduate academic records and prepares a report for each school you have applied. This reports contains:
- Undergraduate academic summery,
- Copies of school transcripts,
- LSAT score & writing samples,
- Copies of letter of recommendations.
Almost all ABA-approved law schools want the candidates to use this service.
LSDAS registration expires after five years. Try to register for this service about six weeks before you plan to apply to law school. It is recommended that you register for LSAT and LSDAS at the same time to simplify and shorten the paperwork.
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