Law admissions reasoning

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for law admissions reasoning selection in the academic admissions, scholarships, and placement sector with 5 skill areas: logical reasoning, critical thinking, reading comprehension, verbal reasoning and case analysis. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Logical reasoning — Conditional logic, syllogisms, ordering, grouping, argument structure, and constraint problems.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.
• Reading comprehension — Understanding passages, instructions, policies, technical material, and workplace documents.
• Verbal reasoning — Drawing conclusions from written information without relying on outside assumptions.
• Case analysis — Synthesizing multiple documents and making a reasoned recommendation.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. In admissions-style argument analysis, the conclusion is best identified as:

   • A. The claim the rest of the argument is offered to support
   • B. Any vivid example in the middle
   • C. The first word of the passage
   • D. A background fact everyone already accepts

2. Policy memo: “City cameras reduced theft; therefore privacy costs are irrelevant.” Best critique?

   • A. Theft trends settle all value questions
   • B. Even if theft fell, the memo still assumes privacy harms need not be weighed
   • C. Cameras never affect theft
   • D. Privacy is always irrelevant

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.