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Test Date Change Policy

Candidates registering to take the LSAT may change their test date or request a refund up until three weeks prior to the test date. This replaces the previous policy that allowed test takers to make changes up until the Monday after a test administration.

The recommendation by the Services and Programs Committee was approved by the LSAC Board of Trustees. The change will be instituted beginning with the June test cycle.

The previous policy, which resulted in 39,000 registrants effecting 56,000 test date changes in one year, has meant long waiting lists for preferred test sites, large numbers of unused test booklets in circulation, test takers traveling to inconveniently located test sites (even as seats at preferred sites become available the day of the test), less-than-optimal test sites, and the use of inexperienced proctors. With the new policy in place, registered test takers who do not sit for the test must pay the full registration fee when they wish to register for a test in the future. In addition to the earlier deadline for test date changes, the financial penalty for changing the test date has been increased. (LSAC may waive the higher fee in cases with extenuating circumstances.) In the past, a $33 fee was charged to a test registrant who wished to change their test date; with the current policy, the fee is equivalent to one-half of the LSAT fee, which this year would be half of $132 (cost of the LSAT), or $66.

The new policy, which is consistent with other graduate-level testing organizations, is expected to relieve the problems caused by the previous policy, such as inconvenience for test takers and test security issues.



			Pre-Law News Test Date Change Policy Candidates registering to take the LSAT may change their test date or request a refund up until three weeks prior to the test date. This replaces the previous policy that allowed test takers to make changes up until the Monday after a test administration. The recommendation by the Services and Programs Committee was approved by the LSAC Board of Trustees. The change will be instituted beginning with the June test cycle. The previous policy, which resulted in 39,000 registrants effecting 56,000 test date changes in one year, has meant long waiting lists for preferred test sites, large numbers of unused test booklets in circulation, test takers traveling to inconveniently located test sites (even as seats at preferred sites become available the day of the test), less-than-optimal test sites, and the use of inexperienced proctors. With the new policy in place, registered test takers who do not sit for the test must pay the full registration fee when they wish to register for a test in the future. In addition to the earlier deadline for test date changes, the financial penalty for changing the test date has been increased. (LSAC may waive the higher fee in cases with extenuating circumstances.) In the past, a $33 fee was charged to a test registrant who wished to change their test date; with the current policy, the fee is equivalent to one-half of the LSAT fee, which this year would be half of $132 (cost of the LSAT), or $66. The new policy, which is consistent with other graduate-level testing organizations, is expected to relieve the problems caused by the previous policy, such as inconvenience for test takers and test security issues.