LSAT syllabus
Law-school admission test: two scored Logical Reasoning sections and one scored Reading Comprehension section, each 35 minutes, reported on a 120–180 scale.
Logical Reasoning, section 1
25 or 26 questions · 35 minutes
Scored. Five choices, one best answer. No specialised names of fallacies are required.
- One question, rarely two, on a short argument
- Main conclusion, necessary assumption, flaw, strengthen, weaken, supported inference, principle, parallel reasoning, role of a statement, explanation, point of disagreement
Logical Reasoning, section 2
25 or 26 questions · 35 minutes
Scored. The two Logical Reasoning sections replaced the old Analytical Reasoning section from August 2024.
- One question, rarely two, on a short argument
- The same Logical Reasoning tasks as the first scored section
Reading Comprehension
27 questions in four sets · 35 minutes
Scored. Subjects include the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and law. No outside knowledge is required.
- Four sets, each a single passage or a comparative pair, with five to eight questions
- A section has three or four single passages and at most one comparative pair
- Main idea, stated detail, inference, purpose of a phrase, structure, application, author's attitude, and, on a pair, the relationship between the passages
Unscored variable section
About 25 to 27 questions · 35 minutes
Not part of the raw score. This practice test leaves it out so that only scored questions are counted.
- Either Logical Reasoning or Reading Comprehension, used to pretest questions
LSAT Argumentative Writing
1 essay · 50 minutes
Taken separately, online. LSAC does not score it. A completed, approved sample is required before the 120–180 score is released. On this site the essay is self-assessed and is not turned into a 120–180 score.
- A debatable issue with three or four short perspectives
- An essay that takes a position and addresses at least one other perspective