LSAT study plan for 20 hours a week

An 8-week plan for 20 hours a week. Compressed and intense. About 160 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 treat the LSAT like a part-time job for two months: four to five hours a day, five days a week. It is intense by design. Do not run this schedule longer than 8 weeks without a break week.

The plan, week by week

Week 1: foundations fast
- Diagnostic on day one. Miss log from the start.
- Argument structure, conditional logic, and the main LR types in one week.
- Drill untimed. Volume is high but accuracy comes first.
Weeks 2-3: type mastery
- Every LR type, including the hard ones. 25 questions per type.
- RC method daily: two passages a day with full review.
- Morning learning, afternoon drilling. Review every evening.
Weeks 4-5: timed work
- Two to three timed sections per week.
- Full tests start now: one per week.
- Review days are full days. Do not stack a test and its review.
Weeks 6-7: peak
- One full test per week plus timed sections between.
- Drill only logged weaknesses. No new concepts.
- Watch for fatigue. Take a mid-week light day if scores dip.
Week 8: taper
- Cut to 10 hours. Worst types and miss log only.
- No full test this week.
- Rest two days before test day.

Rules for this plan

At 20 hours a week, burnout is the main risk, not laziness. Schedule the rest days first.
Study in two blocks with a real break between. Five straight hours fades fast.
If a full week feels impossible, drop to 15 hours and extend to 10 weeks.
Sleep 8 hours. At this volume it is part of the plan.
One bad test is noise. Two in a row is a signal to rest, not to drill harder.

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Last updated October 12, 2026