Radical alterations are anticipated for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) carried out by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). From August, the infamous ‘logic games’ section of the examination, regarded as the most challenging part by many students, will be dropped.
The LSAT will now include two Logical Reasoning (LR) sections and a single Reading Comprehension (RC) section, in addition to an unscored LR or RC section, permitting the trialing of new questions for potential inclusion in future iterations of the test. This latter feature aims to assist in the continuing development and refinement of the LSAT, according to an announcement on the LSAC’s official website.
Glen Stohr, lead instructional designer for Kaplan’s pre-law programs, expressed satisfaction in the newfound certainty regarding the future of the LSAT’s logic games section, as quoted in Law.com.
The planned changes encapsulate a significant shift in the LSAC’s stance. It sustains ongoing debate concerning standardized testing in legal education whilst further encapsulating the complex and ever-evolving landscape of law school admissions testing.