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 […]
Reading Comprehension Questions | Inference and Main Point
You’ve probably noticed much of the LSAT is about presenting simple things in a confusing way. The LSAT is all about hiding what’s staring you right in the face. Reading Comp is no different. If you’ve done more than a few Reading Comp passages, you’ve probably noticed by this point that RC passages tend to […]
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 […]
New LSAT Reading Comprehension Tips
Seems like everyone wants more help on LSAT Reading Comprehension these days, so here are some loosely-related thoughts on how to approach Reading Comp. What to focus on I like to think of Reading Comprehension passages as big “point at issue” questions like the ones you find in Logical Reasoning. Comparative reading passages are the […]
How to Study for a Retake
Or What to Do When You Run Out of PrepTests… Someone recently asked me, “What should you do if you have used a lot of your LSAT material already but need to retake?” Here are 7 tips for anyone in this common situation: 1. Redo practice tests. Even if you’ve done every PrepTest (you probably haven’t), you […]
10 Strategies for LSAT Reading Comprehension
Many people believe LSAT Reading Comprehension can’t be taught. Luckily, they’re mistaken. Consider this post your blueprint for Reading Comp. It even includes tips to help you deal with those newfangled Comparative Reading passages. 1. Look for the key words that indicate degree of certainty. Watch out for words like some, most, all, never, and […]
LSAT Reading Comprehension Passages: Easy As Harry Potter
LSAT Reading Comprehension doesn’t have to put you to sleep. “Yeah, right,” you say. “I read Harry Potter on the beach a few summers ago. But LSAT Reading Comp? That’s like reading Nietzsche or Derrida – even in translation, they don’t make sense!” That’s what they WANT you to think. LSAC wants you to see the passages […]
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