Overview of the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS):

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) administers the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and serves as a liaison for much of the communication between you and the law schools during the application process with the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). The LSDAS provides a means of centralizing and standardizing undergraduate academic records to simplify the law school admission process. The LSDAS prepares an admissions portfolio for each law school to which you apply. LSDAS registration includes law school report preparation, letter of recommendation and transcript processing, and access to electronic applications for all American Bar Association-approved law schools. If you are applying to more than one law school, using the LSDAS simplifies the application process; you submit one set of application materials (transcript, letters of recommendation, essay, etc.) to LSDAS, which then provides a copies to all the law schools to which you are applying. See the "LSDAS Registration Information" and "FAQs about the LSDAS" links in the drop-down menu above for more details.

Overview of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT):

The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a $123, half-day standardized test administered four times each year at designated test centers throughout the world. Most law schools in the United States and Canada use the LSAT results as part of their admission process. The test consists of five 35-minute sections of multiple-choice questions. Four of the five sections contribute to the test taker's score. These sections include one reading comprehension section, one analytical reasoning section, and two logical reasoning sections. The unscored section is used to pretest new test questions. Also, a 35-minute writing sample is administered at the end of the test. The test-taker's written response is not scored by the Law School Admissions Council, but is sent to all law schools to which a candidate applies for evaluation by each law school's admissions office. Your LSAT score is based on the number of questions answered correctly (the raw score). There is no deduction for incorrect answers, nor are individual questions on the test weighted differently. Raw scores are converted to an LSAT scales that ranges 120 (lowest) to 180 (highest). In registering for the LSAT, be sure to give yourself enough time to select a convenient testing location and prepare for the test. You also should determine whether each law school in which you are interested will accept scores from the February LSAT administration, which is the last test date in each admission cycle. See the "Law School Admission Test" and "FAQs about the LSAT" links in the drop-down menu above for more details.