Introduction 1

Part1: Getting Started with the LSAT 5

Chapter 1: The L Team: The LSAT and Its Administrators 7

Chapter 2: Test-Taking Basics: Setting Yourself Up for Success 17

Chapter 3: The Lowdown on Law School Admissions 25


Part2: Logical Reasoning: Picking Apart an Argument 33

Chapter 4: Analyzing Arguments: The Basics of Logical Reasoning 35

Chapter 5: Conclusions, Inferences, Assumptions, and Flaws in Logical Reasoning Questions 43

Chapter 6: Strengthening and Weakening Arguments 51

Chapter 7: Examining Other Logical Reasoning Question Types 59


Part3: Reading Comprehension: Read ’Em but Don’t Weep 71

Chapter 8: Rites of Passage(s): Types of Reading Passages and Questions 73

Chapter 9: Safe Landing: Mastering the Approach to Reading Comprehension 83


Part4: The Writing Sample: Penning a Persuasive Argument 99

Chapter 10: Pick a Side, Any Side: Responding to the Writing Sample Prompt 101

Chapter 11: Practice Writing Samples 107


Part5: The Real Deal: Full-Length Practice LSATs 111

Chapter 12: Some Rainy-Day “Fun”: LSAT Practice Exam 1 113

Chapter 13: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 147

Chapter 14: Perfecting with Practice: LSAT Practice Exam 2 171

Chapter 15: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 207

Chapter 16: Even More “Fun”: LSAT Practice Exam 3 229

Chapter 17: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations 263


Part6: The Part of Tens 291

Chapter 18: Ten Myths about the LSAT 293

Chapter 19: Ten Kinds of Law You Can Practice 297

Index 301