The LNAT, actually explained
Question types, scoring, timing and strategy for the Law National Aptitude Test — written by the team that builds our practice bank, free to read.
What is the LNAT? The complete guide
The Law National Aptitude Test, in full: what it tests, which universities need it, the format you will actually sit, how it is scored, the dates and fees, and how to prepare.
Read the guideScoringLNAT results and scores: when you get them and what is a good score
When your LNAT result arrives, what your mark out of 42 means, and what counts as a good LNAT score at each university, with the chance of an offer at every score from the universities' own data.
Read the guidePracticeLNAT practice test: free questions in the real four-option format
A full-length LNAT-style passage with four questions, four options each and an explanation for every option. Plus LNAT's free official practice material, and how to sit a realistic LNAT mock at home.
Read the guideUniversitiesWhich universities require the LNAT? The 2027 entry list
All 12 LNAT universities for 2027 entry, with course codes, deadlines and how each uses your score and essay, plus the law schools that do not ask for it.
Read the guideEssayHow universities mark the LNAT essay (Section B guide)
LNAT never marks your essay. Here is what each university does with it instead, the criteria Oxford, Cambridge, UCL and Durham use, and how to write an essay that meets them in 40 minutes.
Read the guideDates and registrationLNAT dates, booking, fees and bursary for 2027 entry
Every LNAT deadline for the 2026-27 cycle by university, how to book, what the test costs, who can sit it free, and what happens if you need to change your date.
Read the guideUniversitiesOxford LNAT: scores, shortlisting and your chance of an offer
What LNAT score Oxford Law offer-holders actually get, how Oxford uses the test to choose who to interview, how it marks the essay, and your chance of an offer at every score.
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