What to Bring to the In-Person LSAT (and What to Leave Home)
What to bring to the in-person LSAT®: acceptable photo ID, Prometric confirmation number, and LawHub login, plus what the center provides and what stays home.
- An acceptable photo ID: a physical, valid passport, or a physical, valid government-issued photo ID from the U.S., a U.S. Territory, or Canada, with a name that exactly matches your LSAC account.
- Your LSAT® eligibility number and Prometric confirmation number, both listed on the LSAT Status page in JD Services.
- Your LawHub username and password, memorized or on a written note, which is permitted subject to inspection.
- Optional: water in a clear container, and any medical or comfort items on Prometric's pre-approved list.
Admission to the in-person LSAT® comes down to three things: an acceptable physical photo ID, your LSAT eligibility number and Prometric confirmation number, and your LawHub username and password. The center provides scratch paper, writing materials, and hearing protection, and almost everything else you might pack is either restricted to an assigned locker or prohibited outright. The main exceptions are water in a clear container and items on Prometric's pre-approved medical and comfort list.
From August 2026, nearly all test takers sit the LSAT in person at Prometric test centers (see the 2026 in-person transition for the full policy). The rules below apply to both the August 2026 administration (test days August 5 through 8) and the September 2026 administration (September 9 through 12). Remote testing remains available only by narrow exception, covered in who can still take the LSAT remotely in 2026.
What ID is accepted at the LSAT test center?
The ID requirement is the item that actually gets people turned away, so it is worth getting exactly right. You need one of two things: a physical, valid international passport, or a physical, valid government-issued photo ID issued by the U.S., a U.S. Territory, or Canada. The ID must be current, or expired within three months of your test date, and it must show a recent recognizable photo, your first name, your last name, and your date of birth.
The detail that catches people is the name match: the first and last name on the ID must exactly match the legal name on your LSAC account. If you are unsure whether your ID qualifies, contact LSAC at least 14 days before your test date, no exceptions are made on test day.
Acceptable forms:
- Passport book
- Driver's license
- State- or province-issued ID card
- U.S. Permanent Resident Card
- Canadian Permanent Resident Card
- Certain Canadian health-care benefit cards
- A temporary paper ID, only if it has a photo and is presented alongside the acceptable expired physical card
Not acceptable: a Social Security card, a birth certificate, a credit card (even with a photo), photocopies of any ID, employee IDs, student IDs, U.S. military IDs (CAC), and any ID expired more than three months.
What can you bring into the testing room?
Very little, by design. The workspace items fall into a few categories, everything else waits in your locker.
| Item | What's allowed | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Medical, religious, and comfort items | EpiPens, inhalers, insulin pens and pumps, glucose monitors and glucose tablets, unwrapped pills, unwrapped cough drops, lip balm, eye drops, medical face masks, braces and casts, canes and crutches | On Prometric's pre-approved list, no prior approval needed, subject to visual inspection |
| Eyeglasses | The glasses, without the case | Sunglasses and non-medical eyewear are prohibited |
| Water | A clear, entirely transparent container | The only food or beverage allowed at your workspace |
| Scratch paper and writing materials | Provided: the proctor supplies three scratch-paper booklets before the test and collects them at the end | For the multiple-choice sections; you may not bring your own paper or writing utensils |
| Hearing protection | Noise-reducing earmuffs assigned at the center | Use only the pair assigned to you; personal headsets and earbuds are banned |
| A written note | Your Prometric confirmation number and LawHub credentials | Permitted, subject to inspection |
Memorize your LawHub login. The test runs on LawHub on a center-provided computer, not your own laptop, and credentials saved in your browser will not be accessible there. Memorize your username and password, or put them on the permitted written note.
What is prohibited, and where your things go
Watches of any kind are banned, digital and analog, along with timers of any kind. This is the change most likely to surprise repeat test takers: the old advice that an analog wristwatch is fine is no longer correct for 2026–2027. Practice pacing without a personal timer now, you will not have one on test day.
Electronics run on a zero-tolerance policy. The only electronic device you may bring to the center is a cell phone, and it must sit in your assigned locker the entire time, from arrival until departure, including the intermission.
Also prohibited in the testing room:
- Books, dictionaries, and paper of any kind
- Personal writing utensils and personal scratch paper
- Tissues from home (the center supplies tissues)
- Bags, backpacks, and briefcases
- Hats, hoods, and head coverings, except religious apparel
- Sunglasses and other non-medical eyewear
- Headphones, headsets, and earbuds
Personal items are stored in an assigned locker at the center. The rule of thumb: anything not on the pre-approved list goes in the locker, and electronic devices other than your phone should not come to the center at all.
How does check-in work?
Arrive up to 30 minutes before your scheduled time. The security check-in must be complete by your scheduled time, arrive late and you might not be permitted to test. If you have not yet booked an appointment, sessions are scheduled through Prometric's ProScheduler tool, and how LSAT test centers and scheduling work in 2026 covers the windows and deadlines.
At check-in, your ID may be scanned to verify validity and center staff may take your photo. You read and agree to the Certifying Statement, and you are assigned a locker for your personal items. Before the test begins, a proctor completes a security check at your assigned test station. About 24 hours before the administration, an "LSAT" link appears in the left-hand navigation of your LawHub account, that is where the test launches on the center's computer.
Plan for about three hours of testing under standard conditions, and allow up to five hours end to end. Note that LSAT Argumentative Writing is not part of this appointment, it is a separate component administered remotely by ProctorU.
What happens at the break?
The LSAT has four separately timed 35-minute sections, three scored and one unscored, with one 10-minute intermission between the second and third sections. Every standard test taker takes the full intermission, Section 3 does not begin until the countdown ends.
During the intermission, scratch paper stays on your workspace, you may not leave the building, you may not access your phone, and you keep your ID with you. Food and beverages stored in your locker may be consumed during the intermission, and only then.
A restroom trip during a section is treated as an unauthorized break. It is allowed, but the clock keeps running, an incident report is filed with LSAC, and you go through the check-in process again before re-entering the room. Use the intermission instead.
The final test-day checklist
- Physical, acceptable photo ID, current or expired within three months, name exactly matching your LSAC account.
- LSAT eligibility number and Prometric confirmation number, both on the LSAT Status page in JD Services.
- LawHub username and password, memorized or on a written note.
- Water in a clear container, if you want it.
- Any medical, religious, or comfort items from the pre-approved list.
- Phone, if you bring it, straight into the locker until you leave.
- Left at home: watch, timer, study materials, your own scratch paper and writing utensils, headphones.
Walk in with your prep settled
Everything in this guide can be settled the week before the test: the ID, the numbers, the login. What should also be settled by then is your review work. The last practice tests before an administration are worth the most when they are reviewed properly and the misses logged, because that record tells you what to drill in the final days instead of guessing.
ScoreGap builds that record automatically. The Chrome extension reads your LawHub score reports and keeps your wrong answer journal current without transcription, so in the final week you are reading your own error patterns rather than typing them up. It is free to start and works alongside whatever prep you already use. If August or September is your test date, how to prepare for the August 2026 LSAT covers the prep side of the same test day.