Time: 35 minutes
Format: Two-page written response to a
prompt
Topics Tested: Writing Ability, Ability to Argue
a Position, and Ability to Analyze an Argument
This section shows law schools how well you can argue for a
position or analyze an argument. The Writing Sample comes at the
end of your test day experience. It is ungraded, but is sent to
law schools along with your LSAT score.
The Writing Sample is used by admissions committees as a tool
to choose between relatively equal candidates and to decide on
borderline candidates. It's read and used to evaluate
applications more frequently than is commonly thought.
What will you see?
On the test, you'll be given a
prompt presenting a scenario followed by two possible courses of
action. You will have 35 minutes to make a written case that one
is superior. This section doesn't require any
outside knowledge. It's primarily designed to judge your ability
to write a clear, persuasive argument.
