What is the LSAT test?
The LSAT is designed to measure certain intellectual abilities believed to be critical for successful legal study: verbal ability, analytical skills and logical reasoning. It is also designed to test how well the test taker deals with pressure (a time factor is built into the test), tolerates ambiguity and understands unfamiliar materials. The LSAC regularly conducts validity studies in which first year law students grades are compared with their LSAT scores. Although there is no perfect correlation, there is enough correlation between the test and law school performance for the admissions committees to place great weight on the LSAT number.
