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LSAT—IndiaLaw School Admission Test — India

Conducting body
Law School Admission Council (LSAC Global), administered in India through Pearson VUE
Level
National (UG and PG admissions at participating private law schools)
Frequency
Historically one to two sittings per year; discontinued from the 2025 admission cycle (announced by LSAC in late 2024)
Mode
Computer-based (delivered online in recent editions)
Duration
2 hr 20 min
Negative marking
None

About LSAT—India

LSAT—India was the Indian adaptation of the globally recognised Law School Admission Test, developed by the US-based Law School Admission Council (LSAC) and administered in India by Pearson VUE. Unlike CLAT and AILET, it tested no general knowledge, legal knowledge or mathematics — it was a pure reasoning examination covering analytical reasoning ('logic games'), two logical reasoning sections, and reading comprehension, with about 92 questions in 2 hours 20 minutes, no negative marking, and results reported as a scaled score between 420 and 480 with a percentile rank.

For over a decade it served as the primary gateway to Jindal Global Law School — India's highest-profile private law school — and was accepted by more than fifty other private institutions for five-year integrated LLB, three-year LLB and LLM admissions. Its candidate-friendly design (no negative marking, multiple sittings, at-home online delivery in later years) made it a popular second option for CLAT aspirants targeting private universities.

In late 2024, LSAC announced the discontinuation of LSAT—India from the 2025 admission cycle as a business decision. Former participating schools moved to alternatives — JGLS, for instance, adopted the LNAT-UK and its own JSAT for subsequent intakes. The entry is retained here because LSAT—India remains a recent and widely referenced part of the Indian law admissions landscape and because test policies can change; candidates should verify the current status of any LSAC offering in India, and each private school's accepted exams, directly on official websites before planning their admission strategy.

Accepted by: Historically 50+ private law schools, most prominently Jindal Global Law School, along with institutions such as UPES, BML Munjal and others; JGLS subsequently moved to LNAT-UK and its own JSAT after LSAT—India's discontinuation

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LSAT—India eligibility

LSAC prescribed no standalone eligibility; candidates had to meet the admission criteria of the law school applied to (10+2 for five-year programmes, a bachelor's degree for three-year LLB, LLB for LLM).

LSAT—India exam pattern

Questions
Approximately 92
Total marks
Scaled score on a 420–480 band (no raw marks)
Duration
2 hr 20 min

Sections

  • Analytical Reasoning
  • Logical Reasoning (two sections)
  • Reading Comprehension

Marking scheme: None

LSAT—India syllabus outline

  • Analytical reasoning: ordering, grouping and assignment 'logic games'
  • Logical reasoning: strengthening/weakening arguments, assumptions, flaws, inference
  • Reading comprehension: dense academic passages with inference-based questions
  • No general knowledge, legal knowledge or mathematics sections — a pure reasoning test

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