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Joseph F. Rice School of Law

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Taking the LSAT

The LSAT test is administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). Find FAQs, test dates, study materials, and practice tests on the LSAC website.

You are encouraged to take the LSAT at a summer or fall test administration the year before you expect to enroll in a fall law school entering class. We will accept scores from winter and spring test administrations if we have seats available.

If you want to make sure you have an opportunity to repeat the test, register for a summer or fall test administration. If you are unsatisfied with your initial score, you will have time to test on a winter or early spring date.

The American Bar Association requires law schools to use the highest of multiple LSAT scores when reporting entering student credentials, so for that reason the highest score is typically the one used in making admissions decisions. The Admissions Committee will consider all information presented in the application for admission, however, including scores earned on all LSATs. For that reason, if there are significant differences between your scores on different administrations of the LSAT and you have any information to help explain the disparity — illness, poor testing conditions, or the like — you may wish to include it in an addendum to your application.

No. While undergraduate grades and LSAT scores are useful tools, no single factor is dispositive. No application is screened out or reviewed differently because of an LSAT score or GPA.

Test Preparation Courses

Several LSAT test preparation resources are available in the open market. It is up to each candidate for admission to review the resources available and choose the method of preparation that best matches their individual learning style, timetable, and resources. Prelaw advisors are excellent sources of information about test preparation resources.


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