How Long is Your LSAT Score Good for

Your LSAT score is good for five years. LSAC reports every score from the five most recent testing years to the law schools you apply to, so a score you earn today can be used across five admissions cycles, according to LSAC's LSAT scoring policy. Most schools then consider your highest reported 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.

How long is your LSAT score good for?

Your LSAT score is good for five years. That is how long LSAC will report it to the law schools on your list through the Credential Assembly Service, and the score keeps its full value the entire time. A result from an earlier year counts the same as a recent one while it stays inside the window. LSAC reports scores for up to five testing years, so a result stays reportable for five years, according to LSAC's LSAT scoring policy.

What can change your score's five-year window?

The five-year clock runs on scored results, so a cancelled score is not calculated, though the administration may still be listed on your report. A registered absence can appear too. Once a score is older than five years, LSAC drops it from your report, and there is no process to reinstate an expired score for admissions purposes.

How should you manage your score's validity?

Use these steps to keep a valid score ready:

1. Note the testing year of your best score and count forward five years to find its expiration.
2. Line up your applications so your top score is still reportable in the cycle you apply.
3. If the score is close to expiring, schedule a retake so a current score remains on file.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use an old LSAT score?

You can use an old LSAT score while it remains within LSAC's five-year reporting window. LSAC reports scores from the five most recent testing years to law schools, so an older in-window result stays valid. A score more than five years old is no longer reported by LSAC and cannot be used on an application.

Do schools take your highest LSAT?

Most law schools take your highest LSAT score and do not average your attempts. Because the LSAT is not superscored, schools never combine sections from different sittings; they use your best single score. All scores inside your five-year window still appear on the report, but the highest one usually weighs most in the admissions review.

How many times can you take the LSAT?

Under current LSAC policy there is no restriction on LSAT attempts within a 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. Since your score is good for five years, retakes completed inside that window all appear on the report law schools receive, so every attempt stays visible to admissions offices.

Sources

• LSAC LSAT Scoring
• LSAC Limits on Repeating the Test

Verified August 2026.