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The National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT®)  \nThe level of competition for places on some university law courses is extremely fierce. As a means of filtering applicants, even those with A grades, a number of universities require they sit a standardised admissions test called the National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT® ) .  \nThe LNAT® is an on-screen test with two sections.  \nSection A has changed for the 2010–11 testing year increasing the number of passages from ten to 12, questions from 30 to 42, and the time from 80 to 95 minutes. This section is designed to assess a candidate’s ability to read, understand, analyse and make logical deductions from passages of text in formal English. The test is designed to be an assessment of ‘the verbal reasoning skills at the heart of legal education’ and does not require any knowledge of the law.  \nSection B requires that a candidate can write a reasoned and substantiated argument that justifies their response to one of the five questions provided. The time allowed for the essay is 40 minutes and it should be about 500–600 words in length, and at the most 750 words. The test is designed to be an assessment of fundamental intellectual skills and as with Section A requires no prior knowledge of the law.  \nThe LNAT® is set by Pearson Assessments and Testing in conjunction with Edexcel. Pearson is also responsible for marking the multiple-choice element of the test. Each law school operates a slightly different admissions policy and so each one will use the free essay component in a slightly different way. Some may refer to it, for example, throughout a student’s interview. Others will compare it against a student’s personal statement on the UCAS form. The essay may also be used as a means of distinguishing between borderline candidates when the A-level results are announced. The setting and administration of the test is overseen by LNAT® Consortium Ltd, a company jointly owned by the participating universities.  \nBecause of these variations in the way in which the test results will be used, there is no fixed weight or ‘pass mark’ to the LNAT®. This may seem slightly odd, particularly for those students who have just spent the last five years of their education being assessed against nationally agreed pass/fail criteria. However, just because there is no pass mark it does not mean that the LNAT® is easy or irrelevant. The LNAT® results and A-levels  \n1  \nA01_9780857254856_PASS_NAT_LAW_ 3E. indd  \n1  \n24/05/2011  \n17:10  \n2 Passing the National Admissions Test for Law  \n(or equivalent qualifications), along with AS-levels and GCSEs, will be assessed in combination with other elements. These may include the personal statement and reference from the UCAS form and, in certain cases, performance at interview. Therefore the LNAT® forms an important element in the overall criteria against which applications will be judged.  \nAs well as taking the LNAT®, you need to apply for your chosen course in the normal way. Undertaking the LNAT® does not constitute an application to any university. The LNAT® is sat at a test centre near your home, school or college; there are about 150 test centres in the UK with the network extending to other places in the world including Singapore, Prague, Toronto, Buenos Aires and three centres in China. A current fee of £50 is charged for sitting the LNAT® at UK/EU test centres and £70 at test centres outside the UK/EU.  \nMore detailed information and ‘frequently asked questions’ can be obtained from the LNAT® website [at](at www.lnat.ac.uk)[ www.lnat.ac.uk](at www.lnat.ac.uk).  \nThe universities/courses currently requiring applicants to sit the LNAT® are listed below:  \nUniversity of Birmingham:  \nUniversity of Bristol:  \nUniversity of Durham:  \nUniversity of Glasgow:  \nKings College London: University o","cbCairp954wcjvZA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairp954wcjvZA","pdf",1632529,"English","# Introduction\n## The National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT®)\n## How will this book help me?","[{\"question\":\"What is the LNAT® and why is it used by law schools?\",\"answer\":\"The LNAT® is a standardized admissions test used by some university law courses to filter applicants. 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