LSAC News and Announcements
IMPORTANT! System Downtime This Weekend
On Sunday, May 4, 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 7:00 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. The telephone systems are also a part of this maintenance. We continue to upgrade our systems to provide the best possible services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
Notice for June 2008 LSAT Registrants
Due to limited center availability, registrants for the June 2008 LSAT may be placed on a wait list at the time of registration. LSAC staff is recruiting new June centers and will place registrants in test centers as close to their requested centers as possible and as soon as such space becomes available.
We plan to place all registrants for the June 16 LSAT in test centers. In some cases, registrants will be notified within a few weeks of their registration. However, for others it may take longer, up to three weeks prior to the test date. An email notice will be sent to registrants once they are placed at a center.
New ID Regulation for Admission to LSAT
Beginning with the June 2008 exam, only government-issued photo IDs with signatures, such as passports and photo drivers licenses, are acceptable IDs for admission to the LSAT. Student IDs are no longer allowed.
It’s Time to Register for the Law School Forums
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 now online. 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.
Important Regulations for Test Takers
Recent changes to test center regulations, including lists of permitted and forbidden items, can be found in the 2008–2009 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.
LSAC is pleased to announce our first online LSAT item familiarization tool: LSAT ItemWise. With ItemWise, you can answer questions comprising all three LSAT® item types—logical reasoning, analytical reasoning, and reading comprehension; keep track of answers; and view explanations as to why the answers are correct or incorrect. Although it is best to use paper-and-pencil Official LSAT PrepTest® products to time yourself and otherwise prepare for taking the LSAT, you can enhance your preparation by understanding all three LSAT item types and why answers are right or wrong. For a one-time fee of $18, you can have unlimited access to LSAT ItemWise for as long as you have an active LSAC online account. Purchase ItemWise.
