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Comparative Statements on the LSAT
Comparative Statements on the LSAT: Where Being Better Might Still Mean You Suck If Sally is better looking than Margaret, you can’t infer that Sally is good looking. She could easily resemble Shrek...
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The Truth, the Whole Truth, and…Lying on the LSAT
The Truth, the whole Truth, and… Lying on the LSAT While working through a particularly difficult slew of questions with my lovely class the other night, I noticed a few things. First, nothing gets a...
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The Turmoil of Shaker Nation
The Turmoil of Shaker Nation In this week’s sample logical reasoning question, Riley examines the case of the Los Angeles Shakers, and the fundamental disagreements between the team’s owner, Dr. Bus,...
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Diagramming Conditional Statements on the LSAT
The LSAT is a rough test, and one of the roughest things that the LSAT tests is your conditional statement aptitude. Sufficiency and necessity are all over the test, and the LSAT often requires you to...
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Are You Implying Something!?
If you’re at the beginning of your LSAT odyssey (and a bunch of you no doubt are), then you’re just learning about implication questions. That is, you’re examining the techniques to tackle questions...
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Diagramming Difficult Words on the LSAT
Diagramming Tips The sun is out, barbeques and beach days are being planned, and people across the land are missing all of it because they’re staying indoors, studying for hours on end. The season of...
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Finding Flaws Away From the LSAT
Perhaps the best thing about the LSAT (besides, of course, for the fact that a good score can redeem four years of drunken revelry in college, never once stepping foot in a library, and attending more...
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Redo Questions When You Study for the LSAT
The Benefit of Redoing Questions During LSAT Study At this point, you’re hopefully well on your way to crushing the October LSAT. If you’re like most people, the 6000 or so questions released by LSAC...
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No LSAT Practice is Complete Without Logical Reasoning
Last week, our LSAT practice quiz dealt with logic games. Stepping up to the plate for LSAT practice this week: Logical reasoning. LR is the most consistent section from test to test and makes up 50...
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Nothing Puts You in the Holiday Spirit Like LSAT Diagramming
Knowing how to identify and diagram conditional relationships is necessary for doing well on the LSAT (That is, If Do Well on LSAT -> Know how to Diagram); they are seen throughout Logical...
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Oh, Yes: How to Diagram “No” Statements on the LSAT
With a scurry and dash, a dodge and a slash, the No Ninja appears on the scene. Or: There She Blows, No Torpedoes the Necessary. Maybe, I don’t know…Calamatizes the Consequent, Foils the Following,...
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A Necessary Skill for Acing the LSAT
In case you hadn’t already noticed, understanding and manipulating conditional statements is key to success on Logical Reasoning questions. If you don’t master this skill, then your target score will...
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LSAT Logic: If You Read This, Then You’ll Be Awesome At Conditional Statments
No discussion of conditional statements would be complete without a thorough review of sufficient conditions. Luckily, and entirely coincidentally, that’s the topic of today’s post in our ongoing...
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LSAT Logic Flaws: Correlation vs. Causation
Ever had this experience? Your gooberish buddy stumbles up to you, a couple drinks too deep, and spouts out an epiphany that (to him) rivals Einstein’s Annus Mirabilis. You and your LSAT-prepped mind,...
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Common LSAT Logical Fallacies: Composition
Have you ever heard that inane little riddle, “Which weighs more, a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?” It’s gotta be bricks, they’re way heavier. Right? The crux of this pissant’s play is the “ton,”...
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Reader Question: How to Drill LSAT Logical Reasoning
A blog reader writes: “Is it better to drill Logical Reasoning questions by type or do full, untimed sections?” This is an incredibly important question. Step 1: Learn The Method Because there is a...
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Learn to Identify the Ad Hominem Fallacy, You Jerk
Everyone knows you should never take health instructions from an overweight doctor. Don’t go see the new Tom Cruise film — he’s a Scientologist. And never, but never, take lawn-upkeep advice from one...
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Exclusivity Fallacies: Either You Read This Post or You Flunk the LSAT
You might’ve been here before: you’re trying to explain to your deluded Bay Area friends that Colin Kaepernick is not – and will never be – an elite quarterback. “He throws when he should run. He runs...
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Mistaking the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
A question on the Top Law Schools message board caught our eye this week: Is there a difference between ‘mistaking the sufficient condition for the necessary condition’ and ‘mistaking the necessary...
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Last Minute Tips: Logical Reasoning
With less than three weeks until the June LSAT, it’s time to buckle down on studying. This week we’re offering one important last-minute tip for each LSAT section. In the last two days, we’ve looked...
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