LSAT Prep For Dummies (+5 Practice Tests Online)

✍ Scribed by Lisa Zimmer Hatch

• Publisher: WILEY
• Year: 2024
• Tongue: English
• Series: learning made easy
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Impress law school admissions committees with your high LSAT score!

For prospective law school students, the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a crucial part of the admissions process. Updated to reflect the latest changes to the LSAT, this revised edition of LSAT Prep For Dummies ensures you have the info you need to achieve your best score on exam day. With plenty of review materials, including five practice tests online, expert advice, and testing strategies, you'll find everything you need to help you succeed.

Get clear and easy-to-understand reviews of all the topics covered on the LSAT exam

Practice, practice, practice, with sample questions and full-length tests

Study for the new LSAT, so you aren't wasting your precious study time on outdated materials

Learn insider tips and strategies for maximizing your test preparation and boosting your score

Law school is waiting—and Dummies will help you get there.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: Getting Started with the LSAT
Chapter 1: The L Team: The LSAT and Its Administrators
Getting to Know the Enemy
Taking a Quick Look at the Types of Questions
You Gotta Score! Scoring the LSAT
Registering for the LSAT
Preparing for the LSAT
What Have You Done for Me Lately? The LSAC
Chapter 2: Test-Taking Basics: Setting Yourself Up for Success
Planning Your LSAT Test-Taking Tactics
To Guess or Not to Guess
Readying Yourself for Battle
Life after the LSAT: What to Do Now?
Chapter 3: The Lowdown on Law School Admissions
Choosing a Law School
Filling Out All the Forms — Applying to Law School
Part 2: Logical Reasoning: Picking Apart an Argument
Chapter 4: Analyzing Arguments: The Basics of Logical Reasoning
What You Can Expect in the Logical Reasoning Sections
Taking a Systematic Approach
Making a Case: Essentials of Informal Logic
Chapter 5: Conclusions, Inferences, Assumptions, and Flaws in Logical Reasoning Questions
Jumping to Logical Conclusions
Using Your Noggin to Make Inferences
Making Assumptions
Finding Flaws in an Argument
Chapter 6: Strengthening and Weakening Arguments
Understanding How These Questions Work
Build It Up: Strengthen/Support Questions
Tear It Down: Weakening Questions
A Twist: EXCEPT Questions
Chapter 7: Examining Other Logical Reasoning Question Types
Reconciling Discrepancies and Paradoxes
Finding Points of Agreement and Disagreement
Reasoning by Pattern
Exploring Arguments Based on Principles
Figuring Out an Argument’s Structure
Knowing the Role Played by a Claim
Part 3: Reading Comprehension: Read ’Em but Don’t Weep
Chapter 8: Rites of Passage(s): Types of Reading Passages and Questions
Presenting Reading Passages
Approaching Reading Questions
Chapter 9: Safe Landing: Mastering the Approach to Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension Strategy
Pacing Yourself through the Passages
Starting with the Questions
Giving Sample Passage 1 a Shot: Influenza Vaccination
Conquering Sample Passage 2: Manifest Destiny
Part 4: The Writing Sample: Penning a Persuasive Argument
Chapter 10: Pick a Side, Any Side: Responding to the Writing Sample Prompt
Picking a Side — No Ridin’ the Fence
Walking through a Practice Essay
Chapter 11: Practice Writing Samples
Topic 1: Choosing a Law School
Topic 2: The Sporting Goods Store
Part 5: The Real Deal: Full-Length Practice LSATs
Chapter 12: Some Rainy-Day “Fun”: LSAT Practice Exam 1
Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 1
Section I: Logical Reasoning
Section II: Reading Comprehension
Section III: Logical Reasoning
Writing Sample
Chapter 13: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations
Section I: Logical Reasoning
Section II: Reading Comprehension
Section III: Logical Reasoning
Answer Key for Practice Exam 1
Computing Your Score
Chapter 14: Perfecting with Practice: LSAT Practice Exam 2
Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 2
Section I: Logical Reasoning
Section II: Reading Comprehension
Section III: Logical Reasoning
Writing Sample
Chapter 15: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations
Section I: Logical Reasoning
Section II: Reading Comprehension
Section III: Logical Reasoning
Answer Key for Practice Exam 2
Chapter 16: Even More “Fun”: LSAT Practice Exam 3
Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 3
Section I: Logical Reasoning
Section II: Reading Comprehension
Section III: Logical Reasoning
Writing Sample
Chapter 17: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations
Section I: Logical Reasoning
Section II: Reading Comprehension
Section III: Logical Reasoning
Answer Key for Practice Exam 3
Part 6: The Part of Tens
Chapter 18: Ten Myths about the LSAT
The LSAT Doesn’t Have Anything to Do with Law School
You Can’t Study for the LSAT
You Must Take a Prep Course to Do Well on the LSAT
You Can Spot Difficult Questions Before You Work Them
B Is the Best Letter to Guess
No One Reads the Writing Sample
Finishing a Section Is Better Than Concentrating on Two-Thirds of It
A Great LSAT Score Guarantees Admission to a Great Law School
The LSAT Is Used Only for Admissions Purposes
Your Score Won’t Improve if You Retake the LSAT
Chapter 19: Ten Kinds of Law You Can Practice
Business/Corporate
Criminal
Domestic Relations/Family Law
Employment/Labor
Intellectual Property
International
Personal Injury/Insurance Defense
Real Estate
Tax
Trusts and Estates/Probate
Index
About the Authors
Connect with Dummies
End User License Agreement