The LSAT No Longer Has Logic Games: What Changed and How to Prep Now
If you're starting LSAT prep now and keep running into advice about "Logic Games," here's the most important fact first: Logic Games are no longer on the LSAT. Analytical Reasoning, the section everyone called Logic Games, was removed starting with the August 2024 test. A lot of prep material online was written before that change, so it's worth knowing exactly what the test looks like now.
What the LSAT Looks Like Now
Since August 2024, the LSAT has four multiple-choice sections, each 35 minutes:
Two scored Logical Reasoning (LR) sections. Short arguments, each followed by a question: find the assumption, weaken the argument, identify the flaw, and so on.
One scored Reading Comprehension (RC) section. Dense passages with questions about structure, purpose, and inference.
One unscored "variable" section, either LR or RC. LSAC uses it to test new questions. You won't know which section it is, so treat every section as if it counts.
Separately, there's LSAT Argumentative Writing: 15 minutes to analyze a debatable issue and several perspectives on it, then 35 minutes to write an argument. It's taken on its own schedule, and LSAC won't release your score until you have a writing sample on file.
Why Logic Games Were Removed
The change traces back to accessibility. In 2019, LSAC settled a lawsuit brought by two blind test takers, who argued that the Logic Games section, which relied heavily on drawing diagrams, put them at an unfair disadvantage. LSAC committed to replacing the section, and the new format debuted in August 2024.
LSAC designed the new format so scores stay comparable to the old test. A score earned without Logic Games means the same thing to law schools as one earned with them.
What This Means for Your Prep
Logical Reasoning now matters more than anything else. It's two of the three scored sections. If you have limited study time, LR is where it has the biggest effect on your score.
Reading Comprehension is the other third. It's one scored section, but it's also the section many test-takers improve slowest, so don't leave it until the end. Steady weekly RC practice beats a late cram.
Skip Logic Games entirely. If you're using older prep books or older official PrepTests, skip the Analytical Reasoning sections. The LR and RC sections from older tests are still excellent practice. The games are not.
Check the date on any advice you read. A study plan that splits your time three ways between LR, RC, and Games was written for a test that no longer exists. So was a "what's the hardest section" discussion about Games. Rebalance toward LR.
Don't ignore the writing sample. It's easy to put off because it's taken separately, but your score won't reach schools without it. Do one or two timed practice runs so the 50-minute format isn't new on the day.
A Simple Weekly Structure for the Current Test
LR, 4-5 days a week. Untimed at first, reviewing every question you got wrong and every one you guessed on. Add timing once your accuracy is steady.
RC, 2-3 days a week. One or two passages per session, with the same careful review.
One timed full section each weekend, alternating LR and RC, building toward full practice tests in the final weeks. LSAC's free LawHub account includes four official PrepTests in the real test-day interface. Save those for when you're close.
One timed writing sample in the month before your test.
A Change Rooted in Access
The Logic Games removal started as an accessibility fix, and it's a reminder that the test is meant to measure reasoning, not access to the right tools or the right prep course. The skills it tests now, reading carefully and evaluating arguments, can be built with consistent practice, careful review, and people to study alongside. None of that requires an expensive course.