Focus: Writing Sample

This section Sample shows law schools how well you can argue for a position while breaking down the argument of an opponent.

The Writing Sample on the LSAT

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. On the test, you'll be given a scenario followed by two possible courses of action. You will have 30 minutes to make a written case that one is superior.

·30 minutes来源：考试大

·Unscored

·1 essay来源：考试大

·Task: choose between two alternatives and make a sound argument for your choice

·Tests ability to write a clear, persuasive argument

·Doesn't require outside knowledge来源：考试大

·Photocopied and sent to schools along with your score report来源：考试大

·Read and used to evaluate applications more frequently than is commonly thought

·Helps schools choose between relatively equal candidates and decide on borderline candidates