Law School News and LSAT Strategy

In teacher Kelly Gallagher’s acclaimed book Readicide (2009), he warns against what he candidly and unsparingly defines as “the systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools.” Many of us who grew up in the early-aughts post-NCLB standardized-testing era in America were young victims of readicide (NCLB is short for the “No Child Left Behind” Act signed by President Bush in 2002). 

In a sea of study-related services & products vying for our attention, it’s difficult to tell what’s going to best help any particular one of us get the most out of the test prep experience. Some of us swear by flashcards, while others live by the practice test; some of us think that we learn better visually, others by ear, others yet by mnemonic device.

Navigating the LSAT Reading Comprehension section can be challenging, especially when encountering "exception" questions. These questions require you to identify the one answer choice that doesn’t match the given reasons or examples in a passage. The video “Finding the Exception to a LSAT Reading Comp Purpose Using LSAT PrepTest 158 Section 1, Question 13” provides a step-by-step approach to tackling these tricky questions.

For LSAT hopefuls, the Reading Comprehension section can feel like a maze of complex details. Success often hinges on one key skill: identifying the main idea of a passage. In a recent video tutorial, “How to Identify a LSAT Reading Comp Passage Main Idea Using LSAT PrepTest 158 Section 1, Question 1,” viewers learn how to pinpoint the main idea efficiently—a critical technique for high scores. This blog post dives into the insights shared in the video and offers a practical strategy for tackling main idea questions with confidence.

For LSAT test-takers, reading comprehension can be a make-or-break section, often filled with dense, detail-laden passages. One critical strategy is the "up-front reading" method, which helps you focus on the main ideas and author's purpose without getting bogged down in every detail. This blog post covers insights from a video analyzing LSAT PrepTest 158’s first reading comprehension passage, with a step-by-step guide on how to approach such passages effectively.

As we've previously written about, this summer, the LSAC quietly ended its partnership with Khan Academy and all free official LSAT prep materials are now available only at lawhub.lsac.org. Four official PrepTests are now offered, but these PrepTests do not offer explanations. So, it might be a good idea to save them for closer to your test day as a measure of how you're performing, instead of as a tool for learning and improving.

However, another resource, the official "Drill Sets", includes an extra 168 practice problems and the vast majority of them have never been included in prior LSAT prep materials.  This article is based on our YouTube playlist on Lawhub's logical reasoning drill set #1.