24-week LSAT study plan

Base-building. Six months of steady work turns the LSAT from a test you fear into a test you have done a thousand times.

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Who this plan is for

You are planning half a year ahead - testing next cycle, starting from a low diagnostic, or fitting study around a full work schedule at 45–60 minutes a day. Patience is the strategy.

Phase by phase

1. Weeks 1–8: Base building
   • Week 1: free diagnostic under timed conditions. Write down the score and forget it - you will not test again for two months.
   • Weeks 2–5: LR fundamentals, untimed, one question type per week. Learn to recognize question types on sight.
   • Weeks 6–8: RC fundamentals. Structure-first reading, main point, and inference. Add light untimed LR drilling to keep the earlier types fresh.
   • Read dense material outside LSAT prep if you can: long-form articles, editorials, anything with an argument. Reading stamina transfers.
2. Weeks 9–16: Drilling
   • Eight weeks of untimed drilling by question type. With this much time, cycle through every type at least twice.
   • Blind review every drilled set: answer, rate confidence, re-attempt the uncertain ones, then check.
   • Review your error log monthly and sort by type. The recurring entries are your curriculum.
   • End week 16 with a full timed practice test - the midpoint checkpoint.
3. Weeks 17–22: Timed work
   • Timed sections three to four times a week, alternating LR and RC. Add full timed practice tests: six across this phase.
   • Review every full test the same day. Six months in, your misses are few but stubborn - each one deserves real analysis.
   • Keep one untimed drilling session per week for maintenance of weak types.
4. Weeks 23–24: Taper
   • Week 23: one final full test early in the week. Light targeted review after.
   • Week 24: taper. Re-read your notes and error log. Nothing new in the final week.
   • Final 3 days: rest. Six months of work is already in you.

Rules for this timeline

• Six months is long: tie your study to a fixed daily slot so it survives busy weeks.
• Do not study seven days a week for six months. One rest day per week, every week.
• Avoid timed work before week 16. Speed built on a six-month base is durable; speed built early is fragile.

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Last updated October 12, 2026