The current policy of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) is to only allow students to take the LSAT a total of seven times, and no more than five times during the "reportable score period," which is five years. This is a major shift from older policies that either had no restrictions or briefer restriction windows.
This is a major shift from older policies that either had no restrictions or briefer restriction windows. And while having a cap on testing opportunities may sound alarming, it shouldn't negatively affect savvy, well-prepared test-takers.
If the law school of your dreams requires the LSAT, then it means that every test is more important than ever. You can't afford to take an official test just to see how you're doing. Consider taking a free full-length LSAT practice test with The Princeton Review to get your bearings. Once you have a sense of your current score, you can determine how much additional work you need to spend before using one of your lifetime-limited slots to sit for the exam. Depending on the score you're looking for, you can consider taking one of our LSAT 170+ courses to help get the score that you're looking for.
All of your LSAT results (including absences and cancellations) are automatically reported to law schools, both individually and averaged together. However, there is a Score Preview option that you can purchase. Doing so allows you to see your score before it is reported, and to cancel it. Note that schools will still see that you did this, and, more importantly, that this will still count as one of the seven times you are allowed to take the test.
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LSAT scores are valid for five years. This is the "reportable score period" that LSAC's testing limitations refer to, so if you've taken five LSATs, you won't be able to take a sixth until five years from the earliest test you took.
LSATs taken before 2020 or LSAT-Flex tests taken during COVID in 2020 are not counted toward your lifetime limit.
Additionally, you are free to write directly to LSAC for an exemption, but in their own words, you would need to "provide a detailed explanation of the significant and extenuating circumstance that would justify such an exemption." In short, don't bank on this.
Yes! As it turns out, there are currently over 100 ABA-accredited law schools that accept the GRE. The GRE has no lifetime limit on testing, so if you can no longer take the LSAT and the school you are interested in accepts the GRE as an alternative, you might consider it.
Well, it depends. What is the range of scores for admitted students at the schools you are considering?
A good LSAT score is one that gets you into the law school you want to attend. Use our law school search to find the LSAT ranges for the schools on your list, and see how your scores compare. Even if your scores are below or at the bottom of the range, admission is still possible with a smart LSAT prep plan to close the gap.
At The Princeton Review we are closely monitoring LSAT policy changes, including the digital LSAT, so we can give you accurate and timely information. Stay tuned!
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