LSAT requirements: who can take it and what you need

LSAC sets no degree or GPA requirement to take the LSAT. What it does set are retake limits, ID rules and a short list of situations that make you ineligible. Here is each one, from LSAC’s own pages.

Source: LSAC LSAT FAQs and LSAT & CAS Fees, checked October 11, 2026.

Retake limits

• Five tests within the current reportable score period, which LSAC currently defines as since July 2021.
• Seven tests over your lifetime. Tests taken before September 2019 do not count.
• Cancelled scores count toward the limits, including scores cancelled through Score Preview. Absences and withdrawals do not.
• If you have scored 180 within the current reportable score period, you cannot retake the test.
• Some older guides still mention a limit of three tests per testing year. LSAC’s current FAQ lists only the five and seven limits above.

When LSAC can refuse your registration

• You have exceeded the test-taking limits.
• You do not accept the LSAC Candidate Agreement.
• Within the last 24 months you have proctored the LSAT, worked for a third-party LSAT service provider or for LSAC on the LSAT, or you are related to or employed by an LSAC employee. In these cases you must tell LSAC before registering, and LSAC decides whether to accept the registration.

ID you will need

A physical, valid passport, or a physical, valid government-issued photo ID from the United States, a US territory or Canada. It can have expired up to three months before your test date. It must show a recent photo, your first and last name and your date of birth, and the first and last name must exactly match the legal name in your LSAC account. US military IDs cannot be used, and LSAC will not accept a photo or copy of your ID.

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