Thinking about going to law school. Any advice on how to prep for the LSAT? Is a course necessary or will textbooks alone be sufficient? If so, which ones did you find helpful?

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I recommend Kaplan. I used the online class, which allowed me to take it twice. I graduated from a T-14 and went to a V10 firm, so I definitely think it’s a worthwhile investment to secure a spot at a top academic program. As someone who also transitioned from consulting to law, I will say it is not financially worth it unless you break into Big Law or a firm that pays market. I was making $155k in consulting after 4yrs of experience and could likely continue to $200-220k without much headwind. But Big Law offers $205k as a 1st year and has lockstep comp up to about $450k if you stick around as a senior associate.

Public interest opportunities can lead to lucrative roles later on, but it is delayed financial gratification.

Last piece of advice—Google the ABA 509 reports for the schools you’re interested in to know what LSAT and GPA combo you should have. I also suggest scrutinizing over the ABA employment outcome forms, which are also public, to see which schools feed the most students to your ideal exit opportunity (i.e., big law, mid size, clerkship, JD advantage, etc.)

Good luck!

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You may have better luck on https://www.top-law-schools.com but I would take a course, any of them are fine but some are better than others. This bowl is for practicing attorneys so the LSAT prep market is too far in the past for most of us to be up to date on.

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Thank you! This is very helpful. I will make sure to do my homework.

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Don’t become a lawyer. If you decide to ignore this advice, use TestMasters

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One bit of lsat advice: pick a system and stick with it. Often, each training course offers a slightly different system, particularly for logic games. On the internet, you'll find 1000 ways to approach the test. This becomes confusing and you'll never build consistency or remember how to tackle the problems if you approach them with different methodologies every time. Find a course, use only their methodology, and then do a million practice exams. Otherwise, you'll get lost in the sea of information out there.

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*insert obligatory “dont do ittttt” joke*
joke aside, do think about what you want, how you want to finance it and where you want to be. i mainly used Kaplan books but the bulk of what i found to be most helpful was the past exams.

There are 70 or more past exams that are available publicly. Get them and work through them. Once you get a hang of it, repeat the process. I didnt find the courses as helpful as me just going through the past exams multiple times. Do consult toplawschool.com and ManhattenLSAT.com for checking your reasoning.

Lol please really think about it before you take the plunge. I know so many people who hate their jobs and lives in this industry

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