LSAT study plan for 15 hours a week

A 12-week plan for 15 hours a week. Serious volume with room to breathe. About 180 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 the LSAT is your main project outside work or school. Five sessions a week: three weekday evenings and a split weekend. Enough volume for full type mastery plus weekly timed tests.

The plan, week by week

1. Week 1: baseline and systems
   • Take the free diagnostic. Build the miss log.
   • Set up a weekly rhythm: which days are learning, which are timed.
   • Learn argument structure and conditional logic.
2. Weeks 2-5: full type coverage
   • Cover every major LR type, hardest ones included: parallel, point at issue, principle.
   • Drill 20 questions per type, untimed, with full review.
   • RC method in parallel: two passages per week minimum.
3. Weeks 6-7: timed sections
   • Two timed sections per week, alternating LR and RC.
   • Review each the next day. Re-do flagged questions blind.
   • Keep one learning session per week for your worst type.
4. Weeks 8-10: full tests
   • One full timed test per week. Same conditions each time.
   • Full review day after each test. Update the miss log.
   • Between tests, drill only logged weaknesses.
5. Weeks 11-12: taper
   • Halve the volume. Keep the rhythm.
   • Final full test at the start of week 11.
   • Last week: light review, then rest.

Rules for this plan

• Volume only helps if review keeps up. Budget review time inside each session.
• Watch for burnout around week 8. A light week there is fine.
• Two timed tests a week is the ceiling. More than that eats review time.
• Keep one rest day sacred.
• If scores stall for three weeks, change what you drill, not how much.

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Last updated October 12, 2026