National Admissions Test for Law
| Acronym | LNAT |
|---|---|
| Type | Standardised admissions aptitude test |
| Administrator | LNAT Consortium Ltd |
| Skills tested | Reading comprehension, verbal reasoning and essay writing |
| Purpose | Admission to undergraduate law programmes |
| Year started | 3 November 2004 |
| Duration | 135 minutes |
| Score range | 0–42 for the multiple-choice section; essay assessed separately |
| Offered | Annually |
| Regions | Worldwide |
| Languages | English |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Used by | Participating universities |
| Website | lnat |
The National Admissions Test for Law, or LNAT, is an admissions aptitude test that was adopted in 2004 by eight UK university law programmes as an admissions requirement for home applicants. The test was established at the leading urgency of the University of Oxford as an answer to the problem facing universities trying to select from an increasingly competitive pool with similarly high A-levels. With effect from its second year, the LNAT is required for UK and overseas applicants alike. There are now nine participating law schools and hundreds of test centres worldwide.
It is used alongside standard methods of selection such as A Level (or their global equivalent) results, university applications, and admissions interviews, to give a more accurate and rounded impression of the student's abilities. The LNAT now has over 500 test centres worldwide and twelve participating law schools.