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LSAT scores are typically released a few weeks after test day, on a specific score-release date that LSAC publishes for each administration. LSAC notifies you by email when your score posts to your online account, and it then appears on your file for schools. roughly three weeks after the test date.
By Ali Unar, JD candidate at Georgetown Law and founder of Lovare Institut. Last updated August 2026. Figures on this page were verified in August 2026 or point readers to the current source.
LSAT scores usually arrive a few weeks after you sit for the exam. LSAC sets and publishes a specific score-release date for every administration, so you can look up the exact day for your test when you register. roughly three weeks after the test date. Scores often post on or slightly before that scheduled date.
LSAC sends an email when your score is ready, and the score then appears in your online LSAC account. From there it becomes part of the report LSAC sends to the law schools you apply to through the Credential Assembly Service. You do not receive an LSAT score by mail on test day; the score is always delivered electronically after scoring is complete.
The gap between test day and score release exists because LSAC scores every test form, checks for irregularities, and equates scores across forms so a given scaled score means the same thing on any administration. That equating step is what lets a 165 on one test compare fairly to a 165 on another. see the linked source (see the linked source).
You will usually get your LSAT score a few weeks after test day, on the score-release date LSAC publishes for your administration. LSAC emails you when the score is available in your online account. see the linked source (see the linked source). Check the calendar for your specific test when you register.
LSAT scores are delivered electronically. LSAC posts your score to your online LSAC account and sends an email notification when it is ready, rather than mailing a paper report. Once released, the score flows into the Credential Assembly Service report that LSAC sends to the law schools you apply to, so schools receive it directly from LSAC.
There is no official way to receive your LSAT score before the published release date, since LSAC releases all scores for an administration on its set schedule. Scores sometimes post a little ahead of the listed date, but this is not guaranteed. roughly three weeks after the test date. Watch your email for the release notice.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026