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In October 2023, the Law School Admission Council<\/a> announced<\/a> they would be removing the analytical reasoning, or \u201clogic games,\u201d section of the Law School Admission Test<\/a> and replacing it with an additional logical reasoning section starting in August 2024. One admission cycle later, the new LSAT is sparking conversations at the University of Michigan \u2014 a top 10<\/a> Law School \u2014 about accessibility in the application process.<\/p>\n The change was the result of a 2017 lawsuit against LSAC<\/a> brought by Michigan resident Angelo Binno claiming the analytical reasoning section was disadvantageous for visually impaired test-takers. In an email to The Michigan Daily, Sarah Zearfoss, senior assistant dean for admissions and financial aid at Michigan Law School, described Binno\u2019s case and wrote that the analytical reasoning section was difficult to complete without a visual aide.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you ever read the first Harry Potter book, you may remember the part where Hermione solves a tricky riddle about potions\u2014that\u2019s the kind of question that the analytical reasoning section, known to many as \u2018logic games,\u2019 specialized in,\u201d Zearfoss wrote. \u201cTest-takers typically approached the AR questions by diagramming. LSAC was sued by a blind test-taker who said that his lack of sightedness meant he couldn\u2019t diagram, and that he and any other blind test-takers were at a fundamental disadvantage.\u201d<\/p>\n At the beginning of the analytical reasoning section, the LSAT stated<\/a> it may be helpful for applicants to draw a diagram. In an interview with The Daily, pre-law advisor Heather Dunbar said these optional, self-drawn diagrams are a vital tool for success.<\/p>\n