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LNAT 2026–27: Format, Dates and Free Practice Test

The LNAT is the law admissions test: 42 multiple-choice questions on 12 passages in 95 minutes, then a 40-minute essay chosen from three questions. Your result is a score out of 42, and each university sets its own LNAT deadline.

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What this record establishes

Owner
LNAT Consortium
Dates
2027 entry
Format
Official format source listed
Status
Current test

Registration and sitting dates for 2027 entry

Dates change by cycle. Follow the live official pages named below, then check the exact institution deadline rather than copying a date from another course.

  • Check the exact institution deadline and separately verify the current LNAT registration cycle on the live test-owner site.
  • Do not reuse another university's LNAT deadline.

Format and modules

What the official sources listed on this page establish about delivery, timing, and papers or modules.

Delivery
Computer-based law admissions test
Timing
95 minutes for Section A and 40 minutes for Section B

Papers or modules

  • Section A: 42 multiple-choice questions on 12 argumentative passages
  • Section B: one essay from a choice of three questions

Scope of this format record

  • Your LNAT result is a score out of 42.
  • Each university sets its own LNAT deadline and decides how it uses your essay.

Preparation order

Verify the booking decision first. Preparation advice cannot repair a test choice made for the wrong course, entry year, or module combination.

  1. 1Check each university's LNAT deadline — Oxford and UCL set their own, and they differ.
  2. 2Practise Section A with full argumentative passages: main point, assumptions, inference and tone.
  3. 3Read opinion pieces daily and summarise each argument in two sentences.
  4. 4Write timed 40-minute essays: state your answer early, argue it economically and reach a conclusion.
  5. 5Sit a full LNAT under timed conditions before you book.

Institution and course records

Read the institution, exact course scope, and entry year together. A row is not a rule for a different course or university.

University of Oxford · 2027 entry

Law (Jurisprudence); Law with Law Studies in Europe

Required for this row

Oxford lists LNAT for its named undergraduate Law courses. The current Oxford deadline and current LNAT cycle both need checking.

Policy owner
University of Oxford
Last checked
2026-08-11
Next review
2026-12-01

Dates · 2027 entry

  • Use Oxford's current admissions-test page for the Oxford-specific LNAT deadline.
  • Check the LNAT website for the current registration and testing dates.

Format and modules

Computer-based law admissions test

95 minutes for Section A and 40 minutes for Section B

  • Section A: 42 multiple-choice questions on 12 argumentative passages
  • Section B: one essay from a choice of three questions

Sitting constraints

  • Oxford's LNAT deadline can be earlier than another institution's deadline.
  • The requirement applies only to the Oxford Law courses named in this row and the stated entry year.
  • Check the LNAT website for the sitting and resit rules before booking.

Transition history

No transition is asserted for this row in the repository source set.

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University College London · 2027 entry

Undergraduate Law programmes named on UCL's current tests page

Required for this row

UCL's tests page is the authority for which undergraduate Law programmes require LNAT and for the applicable cycle.

Policy owner
University College London
Last checked
2026-08-11
Next review
2026-12-01

Dates · 2027 entry

  • Use UCL's current tests page and exact programme page for the UCL-specific deadline.
  • Check the LNAT website for the current registration and testing dates.

Format and modules

Computer-based law admissions test

95 minutes for Section A and 40 minutes for Section B

  • Section A: 42 multiple-choice questions on 12 argumentative passages
  • Section B: one essay from a choice of three questions

Sitting constraints

  • The requirement applies only to the UCL Law programmes named by UCL for this entry cycle.
  • Do not reuse Oxford's deadline for UCL.
  • Check the LNAT website for the sitting and resit rules before booking.

Transition history

No transition is asserted for this row in the repository source set.

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Scope of this record

Check the exact course before booking.

The test owner controls the test; the institution controls whether your course requires it and by when.

Related test records

Official sources

Each link goes to the official test owner, institution, or official report. A test-owner page does not establish a university course requirement; that requires an institution source.

  1. LNAT test format

    LNAT Consortium · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-12-01

    Use for the current two-part LNAT format. Institution-specific deadlines and requirements need an institution source.

  2. LNAT FAQs and results

    LNAT Consortium · checked 2026-10-01 · next review 2026-12-01

    The LNAT result is a score out of 42.

  3. Admissions tests

    University of Oxford · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-12-01

    Use only for Oxford entry-year and course requirements. It must not be generalized to other universities or courses.

  4. Law Admissions Report 2025

    University of Oxford Faculty of Law · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2027-08-01

    Use as a dated Oxford Law admissions report, not as the source of future-cycle deadlines.

  5. Tests, tasks and interviews

    University College London · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-12-01

    Use only for UCL courses and the entry cycle stated by UCL. It must not be generalized to other institutions.

Sources and corrections

Next source review 2026-12-01

These records are dated snapshots of official pages. The live test-owner and institution pages win if a requirement, module, deadline, or sitting rule changes. Send the exact page and row when reporting a correction.

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