How to Structure Your Study Time

You don’t need a complicated plan to get better at the LSAT. You need high-quality reps and serious review. For most students, the biggest obstacle isn’t ability. It’s getting out of their own way.

Less Optimizing. More Doing. 

If you have two or three hours to study, that’s plenty. You don’t need more than one hour each day, and sometimes even less. The problem isn’t how to allocate that time. It’s the value you get out of it. 

When students obsess over the “right” mix of drilling, lessons, timed sections, and full tests, they usually trip up the same way they might on test day. They’re trying to control outcomes instead of just solving questions.

Every minute spent second-guessing your plan is a minute you could have spent doing real LSAT questions.

Use Structure to Remove Pressure

You don’t need to reinvent your study plan every week. A calm, repeatable rhythm works best.

A solid default looks like:

• Do a timed section.

• Review it carefully.

• The next day, drill questions and review any mistakes.

• Repeat the cycle with a new section.

That’s it.

Some days you’ll spend more time reviewing. Other days you’ll spend more time drilling. The exact distribution doesn’t matter. What matters is that you do timed work, drilling, and review regularly.

This kind of structure takes pressure off your study time. You’re not asking, “What should I be doing right now?” You already know. You just sit down and start solving questions.

Timed sections stop feeling special. Drilling stops feeling like a fallback. Everything becomes normal practice.

Control Distractions 

You don’t need a special setup to study well. You just need a quiet place where you won’t be interrupted.

Find a quiet spot where you can think. Put your phone in another room. Close extra tabs. If you’re taking the test remotely, try to study in the same place you’ll take the test. That familiarity can make test day feel more routine.

Then stop thinking about logistics and get to work.  The only thing that matters is the question in front of you.

One Question at a Time

No study plan will save you if you treat each session like it has to be perfect. Progress comes from showing up, solving questions, and reviewing them honestly.

Your study time doesn’t need to feel optimized. It needs to feel like it’s part of your everyday life. When every session follows the same basic rhythm, there’s less pressure to “get it right” and more room to actually understand what you’re doing.

Sit down. Do a question. Review it carefully. Then do the next one.

That’s the work.