The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) administers the Law School Admission
Test (LSAT) each year to prospective law students. LSAT test scores are then
used by law schools for the admission of applicants. The LSAT is a standardized
measure of the acquired skills possessed by law school applicants.
There are three different subareas that are tested on the LSAT: Logical
Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, and Analytical Reasoning.
The Logical Reasoning section is often referred to as "arguments". These
questions present a set of facts or argument and test takers are asked to break
down the argument by providing a reasoned analysis or commentary about the
argument.
The Reading Comprehension section contains questions related to short passages
on differing topics. Test takers must understand what is being discussed and be
able to determine the main idea, extract information, make inferences, or
describe the passage structure.
The Analytical Reasoning section is often called "logic games". Test takers have
to group, match or order different elements that are presented in each question.
Each LSAT exam also contains an unscored section that is used by LSAC to test
the difficulty and appropriateness of questions that might be used for future
exams. This section will not be used as part of a test taker's score, but the
test taker cannot be sure which section is the "unscored" section and so must be
prepared to answer every question and take each section as though it would be
counted as part of the final LSAT score.