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LSAT scores remain valid for five years. LSAC includes every score from the five most recent testing years on the report it sends law schools through the Credential Assembly Service, so a score you earn now can support applications across five admissions cycles, according to LSAC's LSAT scoring policy. Schools inside that window typically weigh your highest score.
By Ali Unar, JD candidate at Georgetown Law and founder of Lovare Institut. Last updated August 2026. Every figure on this page was verified in August 2026 against the sources listed below.
LSAT scores are valid for five years. LSAC keeps your results reportable during that window and, when you apply, sends every score from the period to each law school on your list. The table shows which testing periods are reported and which are not.
Testing periodReported to law schools?Current testing yearYesThe four prior testing yearsYesOlder than the five-year windowNo, LSAC no longer reports it
LSAC reports scores for up to five testing years, so a result stays reportable for five years, according to LSAC's LSAT scoring policy.
A cancelled score is not scored, but the fact that you registered and sat for that administration can still show on your report. An absence from a test you signed up for may also appear. Scores that fall outside the five-year window are removed from what LSAC reports, so a school cannot request them even if it wanted to.
Because LSAT scores stay valid for five years, you can test early and apply later without losing your result, which gives flexibility if you take a gap year. If your best score is about to expire, retaking preserves a current score for future cycles. Most law schools consider your highest score in the window, so a single strong sitting continues to work in your favor.
Yes, provided the score is still within LSAC's five-year reporting window. LSAC reports scores from the five most recent testing years to the law schools you apply to, so an older score inside that span remains valid. A score that has aged out of the window is no longer reported and cannot be used on an application.
Most law schools take your highest LSAT score rather than averaging your attempts. The LSAT is not superscored, so schools never combine sections from separate test dates; they use your single best score. All scores inside your five-year window still appear on your report, but the top score usually carries the most weight.
Under current LSAC policy there is no limit on LSAT attempts within a single testing year; you may take the test five times within the current five-year reportable period and seven times over your lifetime, according to LSAC's Limits on Repeating the Test policy. Because every score in your five-year window is reported, each attempt inside that period is visible to the law schools you apply to.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026