Anyone planning to apply to law school can take the LSAT; LSAC sets no restriction on age, undergraduate degree, major, or citizenship. You simply create an LSAC account, choose a test date and format, and register. Current registration policies and any regional exceptions are
By Ali Unar, Founder, Lovare Institut; JD/MSFS Candidate, Georgetown University. Last updated August 2026. Figures on this page were verified in August 2026 or point readers to the current source.
Effectively anyone intending to apply to law school can take the LSAT, because LSAC imposes no requirement on your age, major, degree status, or citizenship to register. Prospective applicants, current undergraduates, and career changers all sit the same test. Any narrow policy exceptions are published by LSAC:
You do not need to have finished a bachelor's degree to sit the LSAT, and many test-takers register during their undergraduate years. A completed degree is generally required to enroll in law school, not to take the admission test. That gap lets you test early and apply once your degree is in progress or complete.
The meaningful limits are on frequency, not eligibility: LSAC caps how often you can test per year, per multi-year window, and per lifetime: no per-testing-year cap, five times within the current five-year reportable period, and seven times over a lifetime. Test-takers who need accommodations can request them, and international candidates can usually test as well, subject to LSAC's current regional and technical rules.
Create a free LSAC account, choose a test date and format, and pay the registration fee, currently $253 (which includes LSAT Argumentative Writing). During registration you can request accommodations or, if eligible, a fee waiver. Because eligibility is open, the main planning question is timing your sitting, not qualifying for it.
The LSAT registration fee is currently $253 (which includes LSAT Argumentative Writing), and most applicants also pay for the Credential Assembly Service (CAS) that nearly all law schools require, currently $219. LSAC provides need-based fee waivers that cover registration and several related services for applicants who qualify.
You can repeat the LSAT, but LSAC caps the number of attempts within one testing year, within the current plus recent testing years, and across your lifetime: no per-testing-year cap, five times within the current five-year reportable period, and seven times over a lifetime. Because cancelled scores count toward these caps, most advisers suggest testing only when you are genuinely ready to hit your target.
The best LSAT date leaves time for a possible retake before deadlines, typically a sitting in the summer or early autumn of your application year. Rolling admissions reward early, complete applications, so an earlier score that meets your target medians usually beats a slightly higher score submitted months later.
Verified August 2026.
September 20, 2026
September 20, 2026