[Hamp-law] LSAC Test-Taking Limit Policy

[Carin Rank]

LSAC Prelaw

Law School Admission Council, Newtown, PA 18940 
<https://lsac.cmail20.com/t/j-l-mjujlll-jkhjydluhu-r/>
LSAC will be updating our test-taking limit policy later this summer and 
it will go into effect with the September 2019 LSAT administration.

We are still finishing up the final details of the new policy, but we 
know that there has been discussion on social media recently, so we 
wanted to share the basic elements in an effort to reduce the 
speculation and any anxiety. Based on our estimates, this policy will 
impact a small number of people – less than 1 percent of all LSAT test 
takers.

Starting with the September 2019 test administration, test takers will 
be permitted to take the LSAT:

  * Three times in a single testing year (the testing year goes from
    June 1 to May 31).
  * Five times within the current and five past testing years (the
    period in which LSAC reports scores to law schools).
  * A total of seven times over a lifetime.
  * This policy is forward-looking, not retroactive. Tests taken prior
    to September 2019 will not count against these numerical limits.

In addition, test takers will not be permitted to retake the LSAT if 
they have already scored a 180 (perfect score) within the current and 
five past testing years, the period in which LSAC reports scores to law 
schools. This policy will be applied retroactively.

There will be an appeals process for test takers who have special 
circumstances and want to request an exception to this policy.

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