Physical blue books and an ink pen in an auditorium within a time limit. This would work easy enough for in-person (on-campus) students. Not so good for online/remote.

I hated those. I can write reasonably quickly thanks to cursive, but it still felt like my hand was the limiting factor instead of my brain.

Not handwritten cursive, kids can’t read or write that today.

I took the LSAT some years ago (mostly just for curiosity's sake). When I turned my documents in to the lead proctor, she stopped me and said something like "you were to write your essay!"

Confused, I told her I had, to which she loudly stated "you printed your essay, and that's not permissible!" Once I figured out she meant cursive writing, I told her I hadn't written anything in cursive since maybe 4th or 5th grade, and after that I typed most of my long-form homework on my trusty Apple ][e and "printed" handwritten notes, as I still do today. She turned a bit pale and then turned to the room, interrupted the test, and asked how many candidates were also "printing" their essays. Essentially everyone raised their hands.

It turns out the poor older lady was a grade school teacher and had been instructing children how to write in cursive since the days of yore. When she faced the fact that those habits hadn't stuck with any of the once-4th-graders sitting in front of her, she turned even paler and went to get a drink of water. I felt a bit bad for her.

I also typing reports on an Apple ][e. The e was better as it had lower case!