The test doesn’t test your knowledge of law or any other subject. Instead, it helps universities assess your aptitude for the skills required to study law.
Test Format
The LNAT is a 2¼ hour test in two sections: multiple choice questions based on passages of text, and an essay.
Section A: The first part is a computer-based multiple choice exam. You’ll be asked to read passages of text and answer questions that test your comprehension of them. Your scores from the multiple choice section of the test are checked by computer, and a mark out of 42 is created This is known as your LNAT score.
Section B: In the second part of the test you will be asked to write one essay from a list of three proposed subjects. This section is not marked by the test centre and does not contribute to your LNAT score, but it is your opportunity to show your ability to construct a compelling argument and reach a conclusion.
Important Dates
- 1 August 2025: LNAT registration begins.
- 1 September 2025: LNAT testing begins.
- For Oxford and Cambridge: Sit the LNAT before, or at the latest on, 15 October 2025
- For King’s, LSE and UCL: Sit the LNAT before or on 31 December 2025.
- For Bristol and Durham: Sit the LNAT before or on 14 January 2026.
- For all LNAT Universities except Bristol and Durham: Sit the LNAT before or on 25 January 2026
UK Universities accepting LNAT
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- Durham University
- University of Glasgow
- King’s College London
- London School of Economics
- University of Oxford
- SOAS London
- University College London
Non- UK Universities accepting LNAT
- O.P.Jindal University
- Singapore University of Social Sciences
- IE University
Preparation
Candidates can prepare for the LNAT by exercising the relevant parts of their brain. This can be done by reading a quality newspaper (in English) every day. As you read:
- Think about the issues being raised.
- What assumptions are being made?
- What information is being relied on to draw which conclusion?
- How would you frame a counterargument?
Practice Tests : Click here
Source: LNAT
