What happened to LSAT logic games?

Why did the LSAT drop logic games?

Because of a 2019 settlement. Two blind test takers argued that the games put blind people at a disadvantage, since they couldn’t draw or use diagrams to solve them. LSAC notes that not every blind test taker agreed. As part of the settlement, it agreed to research other ways to test analytical and deductive reasoning.

LSAC announced the change on October 18, 2023, about nine months before it took effect.

What replaced them

A second scored Logical Reasoning section. The test now has two Logical Reasoning sections, one Reading Comprehension section and one unscored section of either type. LSAC says Logical Reasoning was designed to test deductive reasoning, including the skills the games tested.

Did scores change?

Barely. LSAC rescored more than 200,000 test sessions without the games and found the average moved by about 1/100 of a point. Most people’s scores changed by one point or less, within the test’s margin of error. How well the LSAT predicts first-year law school grades also changed by less than 1/100 of a point.

Old prep that still has games

Older disclosed tests, the SuperPrep books and LSAC’s printable sample test, built from the June 2007 LSAT, still include games. Skip those sections, and check that any course or book you pay for covers the format from August 2024.

Looking up sample games won’t hurt, but time spent on them won’t help your score now. Put it into Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension.