Selection criteria for admission to law schools in the U.S., Canada and Australia

Updated on: Monday, June 08, 2009

Reading comprehension

You have to read passages similar to those commonly found in law school studies. It is not plain reading that we should do; you should read with insight. The passages may be lengthy and the content and presentation complex. There would be four sets of ‘reading questions,’ each set followed by five to eight questions. Your ability to read, assimilate, and reason would be put under the scanner.

Analytical reasoning

You have to appreciate a structure of relationships, and draw logical inferences about the structure. Making deductions from a set of statements or rules involves the application of your reasoning power. The statements may touch different kinds of relationships.

This exercise is a kind of rehearsal of the situation where a law school student would be called upon to solve legal problems.

Logical reasoning

Any student of law will have to make critical thinking and logical reasoning. How well you are likely to perform would be tested through this section. Understanding, analysing, criticising, and bringing forward a variety of arguments in support of a proposition may often be challenging. For answering each question, you will have to read a short passage and then answer questions based on it.

Candidate referral service

If you create an account with LSAC for any purpose, you get the opportunity to authorise the release of information about yourselves to eligible law schools. They use the Referral Service to identify prospective applicants, and they may contact the candidates. For information on legal studies or admission to law schools, you can contact [email protected].

Registrtation

Systematic practice using sample tests and previous test questions under simulated conditions will be of great help. It is a good idea to register for the LSDAS (Law School Data Assembly Service). Most of the law schools approved by the American Bar Association require such registration.

The LSDAS would prepare a report on you for each law school to which you apply. The report would provide information relating to your academic history, LSAT scores, etc. required by the admitting authority.

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Selection criteria for admission to law schools in the U.S., Canada and Australia

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