The LSAT is comprised of five sections of multiple-choice questions: Logical Reasoning (two sections), Analytical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, and an unscored Variable Section. A Writing Sample is administered at the end of the test. While your Writing Sample won't be scored, it will be sent to any law schools to which you apply.

LSAT Sections

Logical Reasoning ("Arguments")
  • 2 sections
  • 24–26 multiple-choice questions per section
  • 35 minutes per section
  • Tests ability to determine main points of arguments, apply logic to abstract concepts, find relevant information within a text, and analyze and evaluate arguments
Analytical Reasoning ("Logic Games")
  • 1 section
  • 4 logic games with 4–7 multiple-choice questions each
  • 35 minutes
  • Tests ability to understand effects of rules on decisions and outcomes, determine relationships between concepts, analyze situations and draw conclusions based on set guidelines, and apply logic to ambiguous or complex situations
Reading Comprehension
  • 1 section
  • ~27 questions multiple-choice questions
  • 35 minutes
  • 4 passages: 3 passages with one authors and 1 combination of passages from 2 different sources discussing the same topic
  • Tests ability to draw inferences based on text, determine main ideas of passages, find relevant information within a text, understand a dense, scholarly text
Variable Section
  • 1 unscored experimental section
  • 35 minutes
  • Can by Arguments, Games, or Reading Comprehension
Writing Sample

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