No matter how people choose to study for the LSAT, we hear a lot of questions about how long the study process should take. For most people, studying for the LSAT is a two-to-four-month endeavor. That’s why we made most of our classes run for two to four months.
But it all depends. Some people who are trying to make a minor score leap can get away for studying for a month. Some people trying to make a huge score jump might take longer than four months.
We recommend starting your studies with a practice exam. Go into that practice exam completely cold. The score you receive, and how close or far that score is from the score you’d like to receive on the actual exam, will give you a sense of how long you’ll need to study. If you don’t know what score you’d like to eventually receive on the real LSAT, but have a good idea of where you’d like to go to law school, check out our Law School Compass, which you can get in our free LSAT Toolkit. For those who might need a study plan that’s either longer or shorter than the typical two-to-four-month duration, we strongly recommend our self-paced course, which allows you to customize your study plan to make it as long or as short as you’d like.