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How to Tackle The New LSAT Writing Sample
Be sure you’re prepping for the newly redesigned Writing Sample!
In addition to the major format change in the LSAT this year, the writing sample is changing too — and you need to care about it.
The LSAT writing sample has been a component of the law school application process for a long time, but students traditionally didn’t worry too much about it. The advice was to just make sure you wrote something coherent and organized, and then don’t worry too much beyond that.
With the changes to the writing sample starting in August 2024, students should start to take the writing portion of the exam more seriously.
The writing sample provides admissions committees with a direct demonstration of an applicant’s writing ability, critical thinking skills, and capacity for logical reasoning under time constraints.
While the writing sample is not scored, it is forwarded to law schools along with the LSAT score report.
And increasingly, law schools ARE reading it. Especially in the age of AI, it is becoming more and more important for law schools to make sure applicants have the writing skills necessary to succeed in law school and beyond.
