The National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT)

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For the admissions cycle for 2027 entry the University of Cambridge requires prospective Law applicants to sit the National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT) as a pre-interview admissions assessment. The LNAT is an internationally recognised standard for assessing applicants’ abilities in reading comprehension, inductive and deductive reasoning, verbal reasoning, and analysis, all of which are necessary skills to do well in Law at university. The LNAT does not assess intelligence or your knowledge of the law.

Cambridge will use both sections of the LNAT to assess applicants. The first section consists of 42 multiple choice questions relating to 12 argumentative passages over 95 minutes. The second is an essay in response to one of three possible questions in 40 minutes, for a total examination time of two hours and 15 minutes. The essay component will be marked centrally at Cambridge.

Please note that the LNAT will be used to deselect applicants (that is, it will be used, along with all other relevant information, in determining which applicants will be invited for interview), as well as for the selection of applicants.

Applicants are expected to sit their LNAT in September or early October. Applicants must register and place a booking for their LNAT tests between 1 August and 15 September. The LNAT must have been completed by Cambridge’s 15 October 2026 UCAS deadline. Tests are completed at testing centres affiliated with the LNAT’s testing provider, Pearson Vue, and the results are automatically forwarded to the University.

The fee for taking the LNAT is £75 at UK/EU test centres and £120 at test centres in the rest of the world. There is an LNAT bursary scheme available to candidates struggling to pay for their LNAT test. Test fees will be waived for UK/EU students in receipt of certain state benefits. Candidates must apply for their bursary before booking their LNAT.

To book your LNAT test and to see further information, including sample tests, please visit the LNAT website.

For questions regarding LNAT, please contact Pearson Vue.