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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 6, 2024

The writing section of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) will get an overhaul this summer with a greater emphasis on gauging analytical skills, according to Reuters. Currently, LSAT takers have 35 minutes to write an argumentative essay on a provided topic designed to demonstrate their logical reasoning. The updated writing section will give examinees 15 minutes to read different positions on a debatable topic, after which they will have 35 minutes to write an argument in which they take a position and address the strengths and weaknesses of the various ideas presented. The writing section, which is taken separately from the rest of the test, will debut on July 31, eight days before the first LSAT without logic games.