Hey there! I work full time and am also doing my master's while studying for the LSAT. I plan to take the exam this summer (first time was in Jan. 2025 without ideal score). Like you said, it can be challenging to find time to study when you have mandatory/ full-time obligations.

In terms of a plan, I would say if you just plan to use 7Sage, go through their full course material. That should provide you with the foundation and they have drills in between which help you apply everything. Schedule-wise, I personally wake up super early to get in 1.5-2 hrs before work and then knock out another hour after. So main heavy lifting mental load when your brain is fresh and then light review at night.

Do not compare your process to others. I know people who only did 2 hrs a day for 4 months and others who did 6+ hrs/day and got the same scores. Figure out when you retain info the best (usually this means mornings) and then work studying around that time block. Unfortunately, that might mean for the duration of your prep you get up at 4:30am to get in studying before work at 9am. Everything is finite & you can absolutely do it.

I would do PTs every two weeks so you can get used to taking the exam under timed conditions. This is arguably the worse part of the LSAT. You have to be able to sit for 3 hours and the exam is designed to test your cognitive ability when you fatigue. So don't worry about massive jumps in between two weeks because you might not see any. Focus on getting comfortable applying what you learn under pressure.

Look back at your diagnostic/any PTs and analyze the heck out of it. What question types did you get wrong, what traps did you fall for, what were you supposed to be looking for, what's the strategy to attack each answer choice, etc. If you don't know, those are deficits that need to be addressed. I also felt overwhelmed not knowing what to do at first, but go through 7Sage schedule, do their program, then every single day drill 25 questions (you can drill levels 1-5 and do sets of 5 questions). Review, review, review.