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Research Library

All reports in ¾«¶«Ó°Òµâ€™s Research Library are available upon request. Executive summaries are available below for the latest LSAT Technical Reports and other research published within the last 10 years.

Looking for older reports? Consult the Research Archive

Current Research:

In an analysis of 2024-2025 test taker data, the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ research team provides insights into when test takers first thought about going to law school, what motivates them to pursue law school, and more.
Through the Post LSAT Questionnaire, future law applicants provide numerous insights for how to better support and promote their aspirations. This report, the first in a series, focuses on how 2023-2024 test takers see their path to a legal education.
The ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Prelaw Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program highlights the need for intentionality in how we use research, student feedback, and data in pipeline development.

This investigation of Law School Admission Test (LSAT) preparation patterns for the 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2016–2017, and 2017–2018 testing years represents a replication of earlier studies, with an additional testing year (i.e., the earlier studies spanned three administrations, whereas the present study spans four). From a list of nine possible test-preparation methods on the answer sheet, test takers were asked to voluntarily select the method(s) they had used to help them prepare for the test.

This investigation of Law School Admission Test (LSAT) preparation patterns for the 2011–2012, 2012–2013, and 2013–2014 testing years represents a replication of earlier studies. As with the earlier studies, all analyses in this report are descriptive in nature, and no attempt is made to evaluate the effectiveness of the various test-preparation methods.