LSAT study plan for 10 hours a week
A 12-week plan for 10 hours a week. The most common schedule, and plenty. About 120 hours total, estimate.
Plan tools: the study plan generator builds a custom schedule, and the free diagnostic finds your starting point.
Who this plan is for
This plan is for you if you can give the LSAT about 10 hours a week: roughly four 2-hour sessions plus a longer weekend block, or five shorter sessions. Enough time for real type coverage and timed work.
The plan, week by week
-
Week 1: baseline
- Take the free diagnostic. Log every miss by type.
- Learn argument structure and conditional logic basics.
-
Weeks 2-4: LR foundations
- Work through the main LR types: assumption, strengthen, weaken, inference, flaw.
- Drill one type at a time, untimed, 15 to 20 questions per session.
- Review every miss in your own words.
-
Weeks 5-6: RC method
- Structure reading: one line per paragraph, every passage.
- Comparative passages get their own sessions.
- Drill main point, inference, and detail questions.
-
Weeks 7-8: mixed and timed
- Mixed LR sets of 15, timed.
- One timed RC section per week.
- Miss log review after every timed section.
-
Weeks 9-10: full tests
- One full timed test per week under real conditions.
- Review the next day. Blind review the flagged ones.
-
Weeks 11-12: taper
- Cut volume in half. Drill worst types only.
- One final full test at the start of week 11.
- Rest before test day.
Rules for this plan
- Split the week: three weekday sessions for learning, one weekend block for timed work.
- If a week gets busy, protect the weekend block first.
- Ten hours of focused study beats fifteen distracted ones.
- Take one full rest day. Every week.
- Track hours for two weeks. Most people overestimate. Adjust honestly.
Start with a real baseline
Every plan here starts with the free diagnostic. Know your starting score before you spend a single study day.
More study plans
- 140s starter plan - a 12-week plan for a 140s diagnostic score.
- 150s starter plan - a 12-week plan for a 150s diagnostic score.
- 160s starter plan - a 10-week plan for a 160s diagnostic score.
- 5-hours-a-week plan - a 16-week plan for 5 study hours per week.
- 15-hours-a-week plan - a 12-week plan for 15 study hours per week.
- 20-hours-a-week plan - an 8-week plan for 20 study hours per week.
- RC-focused plan - a 10-week plan that puts Reading Comprehension first.
- LR-focused plan - a 10-week plan that puts Logical Reasoning first.
- balanced plan - a 10-week plan for even scores with no clear weak section.
- 5-point retake plan - an 8-week plan to gain about 5 points on a retake.
- 10-point retake plan - a 12-week plan to gain about 10 points on a retake.
- final month plan - a 30-day plan for the last month before the test.
- final week plan - a 7-day taper for the week before the test.
- summer intensive - an 8-week full-time summer LSAT plan.
- winter break intensive - a 4-week winter break LSAT plan.
- first week guide - a 7-day starter guide for your first week of LSAT prep.
Last updated October 12, 2026