You can get the picture taken while at the mall, at a CVS, and in plenty of other places people go every day while running errands. Once you look for and find a photo booth type of thing or service you can get it done in the time it takes to make it through the checkout line at a grocery store.
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From:
http://www.lsac.org/JD/LSAT/day-of-test.asp
Identification. All candidates must have one current, valid (not expired) government-issued ID containing a recent and recognizable photo and your signature.
In addition, all candidates must attach to their ticket a recent photograph (taken within the last six months) showing only the face and shoulders. The photograph must be clear enough so there is no doubt about the test taker's identity, and must be no larger than 2 x 2 inches (5 x 5 cm) and no smaller than 1 x 1 inch (3 x 3 cm). Your face in the photo must show you as you look on the day of the test (for example, with or without a beard). The photograph will be retained by LSAC only as long as needed to assure the authenticity of test scores and to protect the integrity of the testing process.
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jortiz682 quoted because cheaters suck, notice part in bold. The legal profession does not need any more people like this.
...jortiz682 wrote:
Alright, to get to the overarching theme of this, they're essentially trying to prevent cheating/plagiarism. My question is, as a cheater and someone who regularly thinks about ways to cheat on everything but has excluded the LSAT from that thinking because LSAT has precautions, is how does this prevent cheating anymore than 2 different handwriting samples at the beginning and the end of the test?
To me, this was always the damn near foolproof approach. They have your sworn statement, combined with your writing sample, of theoretically your own handwriting. That's nearly foolproof, in that you'll be hard to find someone who can mimic your writing AND score well on the LSAT, regardless of anything else. Yes, I see that there are still POSSIBLE (albeit neearly impossible) ways of cheating and getting away with it. But this just seems excessive .
