LSAT Argumentative Writing (Official LSAC Specification)
by Law School Admission Council · LSAC
LSAC's official specification of the unscored writing task that replaced the old writing sample: a debatable issue with three or four perspectives, 15 minutes prewriting plus 35 minutes drafting, mandatory before any score is released. Rather than stage a blog post guessing at what graders want, this is the primary specification: format, perspectives-based prompt structure, 15+35 minute split, accommodations, and the hard requirement that no score is released without a completed sample.
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