LSAT
How many sections are on the LSAT (not including the writing)
4 sections
Logical Reasoning
Reading
Analytical Reasoning
Variable section
What type kind of essay/writing piece will you for sure have to submit when applying to law school?
Personal Statement
Generally, for college students, should your resume be over 2 pages ?
No
A test that examines people on their memory capacity for spatial layouts has placed Jason in the top 1 percentile of all test-takers. We can conclude from this that his memory capacity for things that do not involve spatial layouts will be below average.
The conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
A) Jason tried hard to remember spatial layouts.
B) Jason has a greater proclivity to remember spatial layouts than most people.
C) It is possible for Jason to improve, through practice and effort, his memory capacity for things that do not involve spatial layouts.
D) The total memory capacity of the human brain is fixed and equal for all people.
E) Some people have a greater memory capacity than others.
D) This option is correct. According to this option statement, the total memory capacity, M, is equal for all people. Also, M is a fixed number. It cannot be increased or decreased. Now, If Jason has higher Ms than most people, then it does follow that his Mo is lower than most people. Therefore, when this option statement is combined with the argument's premise, there is no gap left in the argument and the conclusion follows logically.
Immigration
Immigration Law relates to the attainment of citizenship and temporary or permanent relocation of individuals from one country to another. Immigration spans a wide range of legal issues, practice settings, and geographic locations.
Is the writing section scored?
No
What platform is used for law school applications?
Like what is the website you go to?
Law School Admission Council
Can you put your college leadership positions on your resume?
YES!
Astragalus linifolius, a rare plant species that is found only in the Colorado region of the United States, reproduces when a pollinating agent like a fly or a bee carries the pollen grain from the male part of one plant to the female part of another plant of the same species. To maintain the population of this species, the use of pesticides that control grasshoppers should be banned in this region. These pesticides also often result in significant mortality among the Bombylius flies that are the most important pollinating agents of A. linifolius.
Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
A) A. linifolius has a short life-span.
B) A. linifolius is also pollinated, though to a much-lesser degree, by some local species of bees.
C) The pesticides that control insect herbivores other than grasshoppers are even more toxic to Bombylius flies.
D) Bombylius flies do not reproduce very fast and their populations do not recover for many years after one spraying of a pesticide that controls grasshoppers.
E) The populations of some other plant species in the Colorado region have decreased to an even greater extent than the population of A. linifolius since the spraying of pesticides that control grasshoppers first started in the region.
D) This option is correct. Suppose that Bombylius flies had been able to reproduce fast. Then, even if one spraying had significantly reduced the number of flies in a region from, say, 1000 to a mere 100, their fast breeding would have restored the population number to its pre-spraying level pretty soon and so there would probably not have been much adverse impact on the amount of pollination that these flies did for A. linifolius and, therefore, in the population of this plant species. However, this statement tells us that the populations of Bombylius flies do not recover for many years post a pesticide spraying. In those years, therefore, the extent of reproduction of A. linifolius is likely to decline, which in turn, is likely to decrease the population of this plant species.
Criminal
What are three types of lawyers that work in the criminal law field?
Criminal law is a body of law that is applied to individuals who are accused of committing a crime, or are otherwise involved in the criminal justice system.
- prosecutor
- public defender
- Criminal defense attorney
How much time do you have on each section of the LSAT?
35 minutes
What is something you don't want to include in your personal statement?
Don’t tell your chronological life story
Don’t have spelling/grammatical errors
Try not to be too cliche, you want your personal statement to stand out
Don’t use legal jargon to try to sound smart, you do not want to sound pompous
Do not fail to follow the instructions
What is an example of a hard skill for a resume?
- Excel
- Adobe
- SPSS
In the state of Dougland, most universities offer science courses, and most of those that offer science courses also offer business courses. However, any university that offers business courses but not science courses does offer evening classes; and no privately-owned university in Dougland offers evening classes.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following must be true?
A) No privately-owned university in Dougland offers business courses but not science courses.
B) Any privately-owned university in Dougland that does not offer business courses offers science courses.
C) Some universities in Dougland that offer evening classes also offer science courses.
D) Most universities in Dougland that are not privately-owned do not offer science courses.
E) No universities in Dougland that offer science courses and business courses offer evening classes.
A) This option is correct. From the given information, we know that the brown-striped zone represents all universities that offer business courses but not science courses. Further, we also know that no university in this zone is privately-owned. Therefore, by putting these two facts together, we can deduce that no privately-owned university in Dougland offers business courses but not science courses.
Tax
Tax law deals with the laws and regulations that govern the tax process. Tax law impacts individuals for personal tax planning, and business entities throughout the lifetime of the entity.
Who administers the LSAT?
Law School Admission Council
What is another piece of writing that some schools, but not all schools accept as a component of their application? It is applicable to some people but not all.
Diversity Statement
What is DePaul's resource called that you can go to for resume assistance?
DePaul Career Center
If Amy were a tall and fair actress from the mainstream film industry, she would have won the best actress award. She is not a tall and fair actress since she has not won the best actress award.
The conclusion above is flawed because the author does not consider that Amy could
A) have won an award for scriptwriting
B) be a singer from the mainstream film industry
C) be a tall and fair actress from a non-mainstream film industry
D) be an actress belonging to a mainstream theatre group
E) have won an award for some other mainstream work
C) This is correct. This matches our predictive flaw.
Predict a Flaw:
Comparing the two statements, we find that 'from the mainstream film industry,' is missing in the argument statement. Thus, this makes the conclusion unsound. Amy could still be a tall and fair actress but from a non-mainstream industry.
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property law deals with laws to protect and enforce rights of the creators and owners of inventions, writing, music, designs and other works, known as the "intellectual property." There are several areas of intellectual property including copyright, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets.
What is the recommended amount of preparation time for the LSAT?
Minimum of 90 minutes a day for 3 months
What is an addendum for?
To explain anything within your application that you think needs context/ more of an explanation.
Ex: LSAT score jumps from 140 to 160
In what document format should you upload or send your resume when applying to internships, jobs, etc.?
A study of young and middle-aged men in the United States has found that the men whose diet was high in saturated fat also had a high amount of blood cholesterol. In another experiment, when the blood cholesterol level of laboratory rabbits was raised by feeding them exclusively on cholesterol, fat deposits formed in their blood vessels. Similar fat deposits are found in human patients of heart disease. Therefore, to reduce the occurrence of heart disease, people should reduce their dietary consumption of saturated fat.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the above argument EXCEPT:
A) The bodily reactions of animal models to internal or external stimulants are often poor predictors of the reactions of the human body to the same stimulants.
B) The per capita consumption of saturated fat in the United States has decreased by 27 percent since 1970 while the occurrence of heart disease in the country has increased by 400 percent in the same period.
C) An analysis of studies done on more than 600,000 men and women has established that blood cholesterol is inversely associated with the risk of death from infectious respiratory and digestive diseases.
D) A study that covered more than 10,000 individuals has found no relationship between the amount of blood cholesterol and the occurrence of heart disease.
E) In a study where the dietary saturated fat consumption of young and middle-aged American women was three to seven times higher than normal, the blood cholesterol level remained unchanged.
C) This option is correct. This statement does not weaken the argument. From this statement, we learn some benefits of high blood cholesterol and risks of low blood cholesterol. However, the argument's main concern was not whether the overall impact of high blood cholesterol on human health is beneficial or not. The argument suggests only one specific effect of high blood cholesterol – that it causes heart disease. Likewise, the conclusion is only concerned about reducing HD. If reducing HD by reducing SF has some other side-effects (like increased risk of infections, as this option statement seems to suggest), then so be it. These are "other" side-effects and are outside the scope of the argument. The author is only claiming that reducing SF will reduce HD. He is not claiming that reducing SF will reduce the occurrence of all kinds of diseases.
International Economic
International economic law, broadly conceived, is a field of international law that encompasses both the conduct of sovereign states in international economic relations, and the conduct of private parties involved in cross-border economic and business transactions.