Law School: The Socratic Method

The below excerpt about the Socratic method is from Professor David Hricik’s Law School Basics (Amazon). The Socratic Method Law school classes are not taught like undergraduate courses. Instead of simply listening to a lecture and taking notes, law school classes—particularly most first-year classes—are taught using the so-called “Socratic method.” In the Socratic method, the […]

LSAT Reading Comp Explanation – Evolutionary Game Theory

Below is a complete explanation for the third Reading Comprehension passage of LSAT PrepTest 52 (September 2007 LSAT) and associated questions. It’s an excerpt from Complete Reading Comprehension Explanations for LSAT PrepTests 52-61. LSAT Reading Comprehension Passage Explanation – Ousmane Sembene Explanations for PrepTest 52, Section 4, Questions 13-19: This is a science passage, but […]

LSAT Reading Comprehension Explanation – Philosophical Anarchism

Below is a complete explanation for the fourth Reading Comprehension passage of LSAT PrepTest 52 (September 2007 LSAT) and associated questions. It’s an excerpt from Complete Reading Comprehension Explanations for LSAT PrepTests 52-61. LSAT Reading Comprehension Passage Explanation – Ousmane Sembene Explanations for PrepTest 52, Section 4, Questions 20-27: Once again, the passage opens with […]

LSAT Reading Comprehension Passage Explanation – Ousmane Sembene

Below is a complete explanation for the first Reading Comprehension passage of LSAT PrepTest 52 (September 2007 LSAT) and associated questions. It’s an excerpt from Complete Reading Comprehension Explanations for LSAT PrepTests 52-61. LSAT Reading Comprehension Passage Explanation – Ousmane Sembene Explanations for PrepTest 52, Section 4, Questions 1-6: The passage opens with a third […]

The Best Answer Choice to Guess on the LSAT

Because there’s no guessing penalty on the LSAT, you should fill in a bubble for every answer. I recently analyzed the LSAT PrepTest Answer Keys from several different angles. This blog post contains my findings. I’ll start off with my most-significant findings, which you will find useful. The rest of the blog post is the […]

How to Speed Up on Timed Practice LSAT Exams

In the final month of your LSAT preparation, you should take full, timed, practice exams. Some of you have difficulty transitioning from untimed sections to timed ones. With the added pressure of timed 35-minute sections, sometimes you lose track of the fundamentals. This post will help you stick to them. Once you already have a […]