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Research Library

All reports in LSAC’s Research Library are available upon request. Executive summaries are available below for the latest LSAT Technical Reports and other research published within the last 10 years.

Looking for older reports? Consult the Research Archive

Current Research:

2025 1L Class: Student Awareness and Impact of Accelerated Big Law Recruitment

In a first of its kind report, LSAC and NALP examine the student perspective of accelerated recruiting, disruptions to the 1L curriculum, and the inequities such practices may perpetuate regarding access to Big Law careers.

LSAC’s Knowledge Report: The Composition of the First-Year Law School Class and Enrollment 2021-2025 Trends

This report focuses on first-year law school enrollment from 2021 through 2025, highlighting who is enrolling in law school, where they enrolled, and how rates of enrollment of racially and ethnically minoritized students varied across law schools.

2025 Prelaw Advisor Landscape Study

Prelaw advisors at undergraduate institutions serve a vital role in higher education and the legal profession, guiding people through one of the most consequential decisions of their lives: whether to pursue a law degree. Their advisees come to them with questions about where to apply, how to present themselves as applicants, and where to attend. Advisors perform this work under significant institutional constraints, such as a lack of time, funding, or other support.

Summary of 2021-2025 LSAT Correlation Study Results

As predictive validity is an important component in the overall evaluation of test validity, LSAC has carried out predictive validity studies, also called LSAT Correlation Studies, since the test was first administered.

LSAC’s Knowledge Report: The 2024-25 Law School Applicant Profile

This report focuses on 2024-25 applicants, exploring who applied to law school, when applicants first thought about law school, why they applied, and more.

First-Year Law School Class: A Focus on Students with Disabilities, 2024 Update

This report provides insight into how students with disabilities in the 2024-2025 1L class navigated the law school application process.

LSAC’s Knowledge Report: 2024-2025 Test Takers

In an analysis of 2024-2025 test taker data, the LSAC research team provides insights into when test takers first thought about going to law school, what motivates them to pursue law school, and more.

The 2024 1L Class: Persistence in the First Year of Law School

This report provides important insights that law schools and stakeholders can use to support student retention and development in law school and beyond.

Funding the First Year: How 2024 1Ls Paid for Law School

What funding sources did the 2024 1L class use to pay for law school? How much debt do they expect to have when they graduate?

LSAC’s Knowledge Report: The 2024 1L Profile

This report focuses on the 2024 1L class, examining who is enrolling in law school, where they enrolled, and how they made their enrollment decision.

LSAC’s Knowledge Report: The Composition of the First-Year Law School Class and Enrollment Trends

This report focuses on first-year law school enrollment from 2021 through 2024, highlighting who is enrolling in law school, where they enrolled, and how rates of enrollment of racially and ethnically minoritized students varied across law schools.

First-Year Law School Class: A Focus on Students with Disabilities, 2023 Update

Based on survey responses from 2023 law school matriculants, this report provides nuanced information about factors that affect law school decision-making processes for students with disabilities.

LSAC’s Knowledge Report: The 2023 1L Profile

This report focuses on the 2023 1L class, examining who is enrolling in law school, where they enrolled, and how they made their enrollment decision.

LSAC’s 2024 Knowledge Report: 2023-2024 Test Takers

Through the Post LSAT Questionnaire, future law applicants provide numerous insights for how to better support and promote their aspirations. This report, the first in a series, focuses on how 2023-2024 test takers see their path to a legal education.

LGBTQ+ Inclusion: From Candidate to Law Student, 2024 Update

An in-depth look at how law schools are supporting LGBTQ+ individuals through their legal education journey.

LSAT Performance with Regional, Gender, Racial/Ethnic, Repeater, and Accommodation Breakdowns: 2018-2019 through 2024-2025 Testing Years (TR 26-01)

This report summarizes recent trends in LSAT performance and includes breakdowns by test takers’ country, U.S. region, gender, race and ethnicity, repeater status, and disability status.

2022 First-Year Law School Class: A Focus on Students with Disabilities

Based on survey responses from 2022 law school matriculants, this report provides nuanced information about factors that affect law school decision-making processes for students with disabilities.

LGBTQ+ Inclusion: From Candidate to Law Student

The LSAC Research team has issued a first-of-its-kind report offering a highly nuanced perspective on how law schools support LGBTQ+ students.
By Elizabeth Bodamer and Debra Langer

LSAT Validity and ABA Standard 503

A Foundation of Validity

Beginning with the very first notion of a standardized test for admission to law school, validity was a primary focus. In his May 17, 1945 letter to the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) suggesting the development of such a test, Frank H. Bowles, Director of Admissions at Columbia University, stated the seven criteria listed below.

Do I Belong Here? Examining Perceived Experiences of Bias, Stereotype Concerns, and Sense of Belonging in U.S. Law Schools

In this piece published in the Association of American Law Schools’ Journal of Legal Education, LSAC DEI Policy & Research Analyst and Senior Program Manager Elizabeth Bodamer explores the experiences of minoritized students in U.S. law schools.