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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: 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.

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.

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.

Upending “Normal”: Toward an Integrated and Intersectional Approach to DEI

As paradigms change in the legal profession, from the way law is practiced to the way firms operate, we must ask ourselves a very simple question: Can we upend the “normal” way we have approached diversity, equity, and inclusion work so we can improve outcomes for individuals from marginalized identities?

Law School Alumni Networks and Legal Labor Markets: An Empirical Investigation of Law School Graduate Career Attainment (GR 13-03)

This project examined the relevance of law school alumni networks to graduates’ careers. Two studies investigated intraorganizational and interorganizational influences on graduates’ careers; an ongoing third study investigates how these influences vary by gender, race/ethnicity, and school attended.

Law Firm Employment Practices and the Representation of Minority Associates and Partners (GR 14-01)

Although law schools have seen rising representation of diverse racial/ethnic groups among students, minorities continue to represent disproportionately small percentages of lawyers within large corporate law firms. Prior research on the nature and causes of minority underrepresentation in such firms has been sparse. In this research project, we examined variation across large U.S.