A Six-Week LSAT Retake Study Plan Built Around LawHub Practice Tests

LSAC's current format has four 35-minute multiple-choice sections: two scored Logical Reasoning sections, one scored Reading Comprehension section, and one unscored section that can be either type and can appear anywhere. A 10-minute intermission falls between the second and third sections. Every question counts equally and there is no penalty for a wrong answer, so you should answer every question even when you have to guess.

LawHub, LSAC's practice platform, provides four full practice tests free, with self-paced and simulated modes, a history of past attempts, and instant scoring. A paid LawHub Advantage subscription opens a much larger library. The plan below assumes only the free tests and shows where extra tests fit if you have them.

Take a full practice test in simulated mode early in the week, under conditions that resemble test day: one sitting, a quiet room, the intermission at the same point. Then spend at least as long reviewing it as you spent taking it.

Build a miss log from that review. For each question you missed or guessed on, record the question family, your answer, the right answer, and one sentence on why you chose wrong. By the weekend, rank the families by points lost. Your top three become the focus of weeks two and three.

Resist the urge to rank by gut feeling. Retakers often remember the section that felt worst, which is not always the section that cost the most points. The log settles that argument with numbers, and it also shows whether your misses concentrate early in sections, where they suggest misunderstanding, or late, where they suggest pacing.

This is the core of the plan. Work in untimed or loosely timed sets of 10 to 20 questions from your top three families, and after each set, review every answer before moving on. The aim in week two is accuracy; if you cannot get a family right without the clock, speed will not help.

In week three, keep the same families but tighten the pace, moving toward the time you can afford per question on test day. End the week with a second full LawHub test and compare the family totals against week one. If a family has improved, drop it down the list and bring up the next weakest.

Now practice full 35-minute sections, alternating Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension. After each section, note where you spent too long and whether the extra time bought a correct answer. Many retakers find that the questions that eat their time are also the ones they miss, which is a strong argument for skipping and returning.

Keep one short daily drill from your weakest family so the accuracy you built does not fade while you work on pace.

Take your third full practice test early in the week and review it thoroughly. If you have LawHub Advantage, add a second full test late in the week; if you only have the free tests, use a set of timed sections instead and save the last free test for week six.

LSAC's prep page quotes its principal test developer as saying that research shows taking more full practice tests is the most effective way to prepare, so do not skip full tests in favor of endless drilling. The drills exist to fix what the full tests reveal.

Take your final full test four or five days before the real one, then shift to light review: your miss log, a few short drills, and nothing brand new. The day before, stop studying by early afternoon.

Handle logistics early in the week. Confirm your appointment, review LSAC's rules on identification and prohibited items, and plan how you will use the intermission. If you already have a writing sample on file from the current reportable period, LSAC says you do not need to write another, which frees that time for rest.

If your practice scores are not moving by the end of week four, extend weeks two and three rather than pushing ahead. LSAC's fee schedule lets you move your test date free of charge through the registration deadline, so a later date is often cheaper than a wasted attempt.

If you have more than six weeks, lengthen the targeted phase, not the taper. And if one section is clearly the problem, weight your drilling toward it without abandoning the other.

For the daily drilling, RetakePrep can serve as a supplement to LawHub rather than a substitute: its plan ranks your weakest question families at 20 minutes a day, and its daily 20-question drills pull from your three weakest families with an explanation after each answer.