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![handle is hein.journals/ajgsp1 and id is 135 raw text is: THE LSAT: NARRATIVES AND BIAS
LSLIES G. EspINozA*
Fred is tall, dark, and handsome, but not smart.
People who are tall and handsome are popular.
Popular people either have money or are smart.
Joan would like to meet anyone with money.
If the statements above are true, which of the following
statements must also be true?
I. Fred is popular.
II. Fred has money.
III. Fred is someone Joan would like to meet.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) Ill only
(D) I and I1 only
E) I, II, and III1
This question is from a recent Law School Admission Test
(LSAT) examination.2 The LSAT is the gatekeeper to the legal pro-
fession. The test is used by law schools in combination with under-
graduate grade point average as the main criteria for admission to
the profession.3 The test can keep you out of law school, it can de-
termine which law school you attend, and it can greatly affect the
way you feel about yourself and your potential for success while in
law school.4
* Professor of Law, University of Arizona College of Law; Assistant Professor of Law,
Boston College Law School, 1992-94.
1. LSAT, Logical Reasoning, Question 14, June 1988 (all LSAT questions on file with
author).
2. The LSAT is an admissions test administered by the Law School Admission Council
(LSAC). The Law School Admission Services (LSAS) administers the LSAC's programs and
provides other services to American and Canadian law schools. LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION
SERvIcEs, LSAT 1992-93 INFOPMArbON Boox (1992) [hereinafter LSAT INFO. Boox 92-93].
3. Id. at 6 (Almost all ABA-approved law schools require both the LSAT and the Law
School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS), including undergraduate academic record.).
4. Despite the obvious limits of a three or four-hour standardized test, research indi-
cates that test takers' self-image is greatly affected by their scores. Studies analyzing the Scho-
lastic Aptitude Test (SAT) indicate internalization of test measures. See PHYLLs ROSSER,
CENrER FOR WOMEN POLICY STUDIES, THE SAT GENDER GAP: IDENTItYiNO THE CAUSES 22
(1989) (Unfairly low test scores ... become a self-fulfilling prophecy for many girls and](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/ajgsp1&div=10&collection=journals&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)