Day of the Test
Items Needed for Admission to the Test Center
Admission Ticket. Whether you register for the LSAT online and print out your ticket yourself, or you receive a ticket in the mail, you must take the ticket with you to the test center. Your ticket will contain the following pertinent information: reporting time, reporting address, test center instructions, and test center procedures.
The address on the ticket is a reporting address. Test takers are responsible for obtaining directions and arriving at the test center at the reporting time. At centers where multiple rooms or buildings are used, the address will be a centralized location. You will be directed from there to a specific testing room or building.
For the October, December, and February administrations of the LSAT, candidates are required to be at the test center no later than 8:30 am. For the June LSAT, candidates are required to be at the test center no later than 12:30 pm. The actual test date and reporting time at foreign centers may vary. Refer to your LSAT Admission Ticket for the exact test date and time.
At the test center, be sure to sign your ticket and carefully read all information provided on the front and reverse sides. If your admission ticket is not signed or the certifying statement is modified or altered in any way, a reporting hold will be placed on your file, possibly causing a delay in reporting your score. Your ticket may be used only for the test date printed on it.
Online registrants can reprint the LSAT ticket if it is misplaced. If you register by mail and do not receive your ticket, call LSAC at 215.968.1001 before the late registration date listed.
Check your online account the night before the LSAT. Because LSAT test supervisors sometimes need to change reporting addresses without much notice, LSAC recommends that registrants print out their LSAT Admission Ticket the night before the exam to ensure that they have the most recent and accurate reporting address for their centers. Test takers should not contact LSAT test center supervisors for any reason. Test takers are not permitted access to testing rooms prior to the exam.
Note: Candidates should expect the test day to cover up to seven hours.
Identification. You must take to the test center one current valid government-issued (not expired) photo ID bearing your signature. This is a change from previous years. The ID presented must contain a recent and recognizable photo and visible signature on the same original form of ID. Acceptable forms of ID include: passport or driver‘s license or other government-issued ID.
The following items are not considered acceptable forms of ID for access to the test center: Social Security card, Social Insurance card, birth certificate, credit card (including those with photo), expired ID, photocopied ID, employee ID, or student ID.
Note: Admission to the test center will be denied if your first and last name on the ID do not match exactly the first and last name on your LSAT Admission Ticket. If you have ID questions, you must contact LSAC (LSACINFO@LSAC.org or 215.968.1001), allowing sufficient time to resolve ID issues well in advance of the test day.
IMPORTANT: The ID must sufficiently authenticate your identification to the test center supervisor and must be kept with you throughout the testing process, as it may be checked at any time. Under no circumstances is access permitted to the test center without proper identification.
Pencils. Bring to the test center three or four sharpened No. 2 or HB (for Canadian centers) pencils—with good erasers. Mechanical pencils are prohibited. All answers must be recorded on your LSAT answer sheet in pencil. Pencils must be used for the writing sample as well. Pencils or sharpeners will not be supplied at the test center. Pencils and highlighters may be used to underline passages in the test book. Ink or ballpoint pens are not permitted.
Items Allowed in the Test Room
Test takers may bring into the test room only a clear plastic ziplock bag, maximum size one gallon (3.79 liter), which must be stored under the chair and may be accessed only during the break. The ziplock bag may contain only the following items: LSAT Admission Ticket stub; valid ID; wallet; keys; analog wristwatch; medical or hygiene products; #2 or HB wooden pencils, highlighter, erasers, pencil sharpener (no mechanical pencils); tissues; and beverage in plastic container or juice box (20 oz./591 ml maximum size) and snack for break only.
Items Allowed on the Desktop
Test takers may only have tissues, ID, wooden pencils, erasers, a pencil sharpener, highlighter, and analog (nondigital) wristwatch. No electronic devices are permitted. No timers of any kind except analog wristwatches.
Items Prohibited at the Test Center
Test takers may not bring into the test center the following items: weapons or firearms, books, papers of any kind, backpacks, handbags, earplugs, mechanical pencils, rulers, calculators, weapons or firearms, timers of any kind (except analog wristwatches), cellular phones, recording or photographic devices, pagers, beepers, headsets, or other electronic devices. Hats or hoods may not be worn (except items of religious apparel). Bringing prohibited items into the test room may result in the confiscation of such items by the test supervisor, a warning, dismissal from the test center, or cancellation of a test score by LSAC. Prohibited items may not be used during the break. LSAC and LSAT testing staff are not responsible for candidates' belongings.
Test Center Regulations
Candidates are required to observe all test center regulations, which include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Follow supervisor instructions. Test takers are required to follow all supervisor instructions at all times, which include, but are not limited to, the regulations included in the LSAT & LSDAS Information Book
. Candidates who fail to follow instructions will be issued a Misconduct/Irregularity Warning Notice. - Identification. Supervisors are instructed to deny admission to anyone who does not present an acceptable form of identification.
- Thumbprinting. Examinees must be thumbprinted at every LSAT administration. Your thumbprint is retained only as long as needed to ensure the authenticity of test scores and to protect the integrity of the testing process.
- Certifying statement. You will be required to write and sign a certifying statement on your answer sheet attesting that the person taking the test is the person whose name appears on the answer sheet and that you are taking the test for the sole purpose of admission to law school. Failure to sign your answer sheet or to complete the certifying statement, or modifying the certifying statement in any way, will result in a hold on your file and possibly a delay in reporting your score.
- No latecomers. Under no circumstances will supervisors admit anyone after testing begins.
- Seating. The supervisor will assign each examinee a seat. Examinees are not permitted to choose their own seats, rooms, or building.
- Test administration. The supervisor will tell you when to start and stop work on each separately timed section. Blackening of answer spaces on your answer sheet must be done before time is called for any given section. Supervisors will administer the multiple-choice sections first, followed by the writing sample.
- Time. Supervisors will keep the official time. You may take an analog (nondigital) wristwatch to the test center. No other timers—including electronic and countdown timers—are allowed.
- Testing staff. Testing staff may circulate throughout the testing room to ensure that examinees are marking their answer sheets correctly and are working in the appropriate section. The supervisor will announce a five-minute-remaining warning for each section.
- Recording answers. All answers must be recorded on your answer sheet using a No. 2 or HB pencil. Answers recorded in the test book will not be scored. Do not make stray marks on your answer sheet or record answers in your test book. You will not be permitted time after the test to clean up your answer sheet or transfer answers from your test book to your answer sheet. Answers recorded in test books cannot be scored.
- Scratch paper. Scratch paper is not permitted. (Scratch paper will be provided at the test center for the writing sample portion of the test only.)
- Underlining passages. You may use only a No. 2 or HB pencil or a highlighter to underline passages in the test book. Fountain pens or ballpoint pens are not permitted.
- Hats/hoods. No hats or hoods are allowed (except items of religious apparel).
- Handbags, backpacks, briefcases. No handbags, backpacks, briefcases, or other bags except a maximum-sized one-gallon (3.79 liter) clear plastic ziplock bag are allowed in the test room.
- Food and drink. Food and drink of any kind may not be taken out of your ziplock bag in the test room. Food and drink may be taken only during the break.
- Rest break. A 10- or 15-minute break is given after Section III. All test materials will be collected before examinees are dismissed for the break. Supervisors will check identification as the test materials are returned. Cell phones and other prohibited items may not be accessed during the break.
- Leaving the room. If you find it necessary to leave the room during the test, raise your hand and obtain permission from the supervisor. Your test materials will be collected and held until your return. You will not be permitted to make up the time. Use the restroom before entering the testing room; once checked in, you will not be permitted to leave until after the start of Section I.
- Misconduct/Irregularities. Supervisors will report to LSAC any misconduct/irregularity that occurs during the administration on the Supervisor’s Irregularity Report. A copy of a Misconduct/Irregularities Warning Notice will be given to the test taker and submitted to LSAC.
- Testing materials. All testing materials, including test books, answer sheets, and LSAT Writing Sample Topic sheets are the property of the Law School Admission Council and must be returned to the test center supervisor before dismissal from the test center. Under no circumstances may test content or any part of the test be removed, reproduced, or disclosed by any means (e.g., hard copy, verbally, electronically) to any person or entity. Legal action may be taken against anyone who removes test materials or reproduces test materials in any way, or shares LSAT test content prior to LSAC’s disclosure of that test.
- Left-handedness. Test supervisors attempt to accommodate left-handed test takers. However, LSAC cannot guarantee special desks or tables for you.
- Unexpected problems. If any problems arise that necessitate retesting, we will notify affected test takers as soon as possible regarding arrangements for taking the test with no additional charge at the next regularly scheduled administration.
- Creating a disturbance. Disruptive behavior in any form will not be tolerated. The test supervisor has sole discretion in determining what constitutes disruptive behavior. The test supervisor is authorized to dismiss from the test center any test taker who creates a disturbance.
