{"616710":{"#nid":"616710","#data":{"type":"news","title":"LSAT Writing Section Change","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStarting with the June 2019 LSAT administration, the writing section will be separate from the LSAT and administered on a secure online platform.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis change will result in greater convenience and flexibility for test takers as:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Ethe testing date will be shorter\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Ethe essay will be typed rather than handwritten\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Ethe essay can be completed at a time and place of the test takers\u0026rsquo; choosing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy registering for the June or July LSAT, candidates will be automatically eligible to complete the writing section as of the date of the LSAT and up to one year thereafter.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECandidates are only required to have one essay on file to complete their Law School Reports.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEssays completed during previous LSAT administrations will still be valid for use in Law School Reports.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lsac.org\/lsat\/taking-lsat\/about-digital-lsat\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk984384\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.lsac.org\/lsat\/taking-lsat\/about-digital-lsat\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Starting with the June 2019 LSAT administration, the writing section will be separate from the LSAT and administered on a secure online platform. "}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2019-01-22 18:50:07","changed_gmt":"2019-01-22 18:50:07","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-01-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-01-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"542791":{"id":"542791","type":"image","title":"LSAT test","body":null,"created":"1465412400","gmt_created":"2016-06-08 19:00:00","changed":"1475895333","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:33","alt":"LSAT test","file":{"fid":"90762","name":"lsat.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lsat.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lsat.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7296,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lsat.jpg?itok=4fGoOHyC"}}},"media_ids":["542791"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"73741","name":"pre-law"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}