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Jul 26, 2014
How to Diagram “Unless” LSAT Logical Reasoning Questions

Welcome to our ongoing series on the more nefarious elements of diagramming. Topping the agenda today are “unless” questions. These are much more straightforward than the “only” conditionals we reviewed last week. Unlike “only” questions, which require one to search for the referent, “unless” questions have a more standardized approach. A Sample of an “Unless” […]

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Jun 19, 2014
Not-So-Obvious Advice From Law School Admissions Deans

Last week, Hank attended a handful of events at the 2014 Pacific Coast Association of Pre-Law Advisors (PCAPLA) Conference and blogged about them. This is part 3 of 3. A question and answer session with a panel of law school admissions deans was the last, but certainly not least, event at the 2014 PCAPLA Conference […]

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Feb 26, 2014
How Learning the Piano is Like Learning the LSAT

As an LSAT instructor, I’ve come across students with a wide variety of interests and backgrounds. I’ve taught college football players, chemistry PhDs, and trapeze artists. One way I try to personalize the experience for them is to relate the LSAT to something from their own lives. Given the diversity of my students, this has […]

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Mar 14, 2012
Latest Trend: Law School Grads Suing Their Law Schools

PROGRAMMING NOTE – US News & World Report rankings are out. We’ll have an article about it up either tonight or tomorrow morning. It all started when Anna Alaburda filed a complaint against Thomas Jefferson School of Law for publishing misleading employment statistics. Legal commentators were quick to discuss her relatively low chance of winning […]

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Jun 05, 2011
Predictions for the Impending June LSAT

So here we are again – three days out from the June LSAT. Stress abounds, rumors spread like wildfire, and personal hygiene has all but been abandoned. Of course, this also means that it is time for me to make some predictions. Wouldn’t it be great to know what form the ugly beast was going […]

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Mar 30, 2011
The Sordid Logical Reasoning Story of Larry Monds

[youtube]wzS3mNUuDyA[/youtube] The Sordid Logical Reasoning Story of Larry Monds Today’s installment of MSS brings you a free practice LSAT problem. LSAC doesn’t allow us to disseminate real problems on the intra webs, so it was written by the staff at MSS, and explained by Blueprint LSAT Prep instructor Misha Silin, who teaches our Northridge class. […]

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Dec 30, 2010
Looking Back at 2010, LSAT-Style

Viewing 2010 Through LSAT Goggles Hello out there to all you February LSATers. I’d like to personally congratulate you on making it through a quarter of the Blueprint curriculum. While you’ve only completed about 25% of the course, 2010 is about to be 100% wrapped up by this weekend. I have no doubt that all […]

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Oct 28, 2010
Halloween Costume Idea: An LSAT Student

Halloween Costume Idea: An LSAT Student I am bad at Halloween. You see, I always have a number of decent costume ideas, but I’m sorely lacking in the execution arena. Generally, I end up searching through the back of my closet for random remnants left over from my college years. A pink boa? Sure. Skin-tight, […]

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Oct 01, 2010
How to Spend the Final Weekend Before the LSAT

You feel that? That weight on your chest that makes it hard to breathe? That inability to comprehend anything you read? That desire to take 14 practice tests over the next seven days? That’s the LSAT, kids, and it’s barreling toward a test center within 50 miles of you. With a week and change to […]

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Jun 03, 2010
Countdown to the LSAT: Five Tips for Test Day

The clock is ticking… 10 days, 9 days, 8 days, 7 days, 6 days, 5 days… Yep, the LSAT is less than a week away. But no need to stress. Not much more than the rest of your life (higher education, career, attractiveness of your future spouse) is riding on your performance next Monday. My […]

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