Writing Sample



Writing Sample

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.

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