LSAC News and Announcements
IMPORTANT! System Downtime This Saturday
On Saturday, November 21, the LSAC.org website, all LSAC web services (including LSDAS Electronic Applications, Candidate Online Services, the ABA/LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, and ItemWise), and the LLM Credential Assembly Service website will be unavailable from approximately 8:00 am ET to 12:00 pm ET due to scheduled maintenance.
You will not be able to access the LSAC website, any LSAC web services, or the LLM Credential Assembly Service website during those hours. We continue to upgrade our systems to provide the best possible services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
New Tutorial Walks Through LSAT Accommodations Process
A new tutorial on LSAC.org provides a step-by-step guide to applying for accommodated testing. Prepared jointly by Communications and Accommodated Testing staff, the tutorial is located in the LSAT/Accommodated Testing section of LSAC.org. Based on the questions that are most often asked, the animated screens walk users through completing the request process. The tutorial specifically discusses completion of the Candidate and Evaluator Forms and is part one of what will be a series of tutorials on requesting test accommodations. Part two will show additional forms that some candidates use. View the demo.
Acceptable IDs for Admission to the LSAT
Effective with the June 2009 administration, only a current, valid (not expired) government-issued passport book or driver's license containing a recent and recognizable photo and signature are acceptable IDs for admission to the LSAT. Government-issued employment IDs, passport cards and student IDs are not acceptable.
Register for law school forums now!
If you're considering law school, come to a Law School Forum, held in cities throughout the country. Admission is free. Registration is easy. Register at the forum or avoid the wait and register online now. At the forums, you can talk face-to-face with representatives of LSAC-member law schools from across the United States and Canada; obtain admission materials, catalogs, and financial aid information; attend informational sessions on the law school admission process, the LSAT, financing a legal education, issues of importance to minority applicants, and what lawyers do; and talk to LSAC representatives, prelaw advisors, and fellow law school candidates. You can't afford to miss this unique opportunity to get so much law school information in one place.
DiscoverLaw.org Campaign Targets Diverse Early College Students
DiscoverLaw.org is an intensive, integrated campaign designed to encourage racially and ethnically diverse first- and second-year college students to discover career opportunities in law and to choose a path in undergraduate school that helps them get there.
The cornerstone of the DiscoverLaw.org campaign is www.DiscoverLaw.org, which features examples of the need for lawyers worldwide, access to law school experts who can answer students’ questions, profiles and advice from diverse law school graduates, and a timeline outlining steps undergraduate students can take to prepare themselves to be a successful law school applicant.
Important Regulations for Test Takers
Recent changes to test center regulations, including lists of permitted and forbidden items, can be found in the 2009–2010 LSAT & LSDAS Information Book 
and on LSAT admission tickets. 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, and/or cancellation of a test score by LSAC. Ignorance of these new regulations will not be considered an excuse for their violation.
Some of the most significant regulations are listed below:
- Items permitted in the test room. Tests takers may bring into the 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; hygiene products; #2 or HB pencils, highlighter, erasers, pencil sharpener (no mechanical pencils); tissues; beverage in plastic container or juice box (20 oz./591 ml maximum size) and snack for break only.
- Items permitted on the desktop. Test takers may only have tissues, ID, wooden pencils, erasers, pencil sharpener, highlighter, and analog (nondigital) wristwatch. No electronic timing devices are permitted. This is a change from previous testing years.
- Prohibited items. Candidates are not permitted to bring into the test center the following items: weapons or firearms, ear plugs, books, backpacks, handbags, papers of any kind, calculators, rulers, timers, listening devices, cellular phones, recording or photographic devices, pagers, beepers, headsets, and/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, and/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 test takers’ belongings.
- Hats/hoods. No hats or hoods are allowed (except items of religious apparel).
- Handbags, backpacks, briefcases. No handbags, backpacks, briefcases or other bags—except the ziplock bag described above—are allowed in the test room.
