Law students in India will soon be able to sit for a special local version of the prestigious law school entrance test produced by the US-based Law School Admission Council (LSAC) for colleges in India.

“The Law School Admission Test has been used very successfully in the US and Canada for over 60 years. Interest in using the test for law school admission has spread to Australia, Japan, Korea, China, and countries in Eastern Europe. We are very excited about the opportunity to adapt this excellent tool in a way that will be useful for assessing the critical thinking skills of applicants to law programs in India,” said Dan Bernstine, president of the LSAC.

LSAC, the organisation that produces the admission exam used by law schools worldwide, announced that a special version of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) has been developed specifically for use by law schools in India.

The Law School Admission Test—India, by LSAC (LSAT—India) will be launched on May 24, 2009 at Pearson VUE test centres in 14 cities – Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Lucknow, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, and Ranchi.

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), part of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) in Haryana, will be the first to offer the entrance test for students applying to its three-year Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and five-year B.A., LL.B. Degree programmes.

Pearson VUE, which also tests the prestigious GMAT exam through the most secure company-owned and operated test centre network in the industry, will administer this test including managing the test centres, registration and scoring.

“Pearson VUE believes that its LSAT—India test offering best meets the need of the Law Schools to test the ability of a student to practice law. LSAT—India being offered by Pearson VUE to JGLS admission seekers, is aimed at testing the fundamental understanding of the individual,” said Sarvesh Shrivastava, Pearson VUE Managing Director, APAC.

The LSAT—India is a ‘paper-and-pencil’ test with four sections: two on logical reasoning, one on analytical reasoning and another on reading comprehension. Students will have 35 minutes to answer each section.

“Great attention and scrupulous adherence to high academic standards is essential for fulfilling our vision of global excellence in education and research. The vision is to impart global education with a view to producing world-class professionals, scholars, and academics in law and other disciplines. JGLS has adopted the LSAT—India test for admissions as part of its efforts to benchmark its policies to international standards”, Professor C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University and Dean of Jindal Global Law School, said.

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