The six CLE subjects, ranked by how much they actually weigh

The board is not six equal subjects. Criminal Law and Jurisprudence, Crime Detection and Investigation, and Criminology each carry 20% of your grade. Law Enforcement Administration and Forensic Sciences carry 15% each. Correctional Administration carries 10%.

Do the arithmetic on your study week and the point becomes concrete. Ten hours split evenly gives every subject about 1.7 hours, which means you are giving your 10% subject the same time as a subject that counts twice as much. The blueprint says a heavyweight subject deserves roughly double the attention of Correctional Administration, and your schedule should look like that on paper.

Your review hours should follow that blueprint, not your comfort zone. It is easy to over-study a subject you enjoy and under-serve a heavier one you find dry, and the weighting quietly punishes that.

The weights are only half of the plan; the 60% subject floor is the other half. A low-weight subject can still defer your result if it collapses, so Correctional Administration earning fewer hours never means earning zero hours. Weight decides how much time a subject gets; the floor decides the minimum it must never fall below.

CrimForge tags every question to its subject and TOS weight, so your practice mix mirrors the real exam instead of your preferences.