Supreme Court Cases
The landmark case where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional and violated the 14th amendment
Brown v. Board of Education
First Black Vice President of the United States
Kamala Harris
The LSAT is administered by this organization
Law School Admissions Council (LSAC)
A court order requiring someone to appear in court or produce evidence
Subpoena
When was PAD founded?
The landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case famously known as "separate but equal" due to the decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution
Plessy v. Ferguson
The first African American Supreme Court Justice
Charles Hamilton Houston
This multiple-choice section measures your ability to identify flaws, strengthen or weaken arguments.
Logical Reasoning
This is the party who initiates a lawsuit in a civil case
Plaintiff
Where was PAD founded?
University of Chicago Law School
The landmark case that was recently overturned, after being affirmed in 1973 by the U.S Supreme Court ruling that protected a right to have an abortion
Roe v. Wade
The first African American woman elected to the United States Congress
Shirley Chisholm
How many times can you take the LSAT in your lifetime?
7 times
Latin term meaning "to stand in place of the parent"
in loco parentis
This United States President is a member of PAD
Joseph R. Biden
The landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held that suspects must be informed of their rights before police questioning.
Miranda v. Arizona
Lawyer and Jurist, this Black woman is now a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
This LSAT section evaluates your ability to understand and analyze written material.
Reading Comprehension
The principle that previous decisions guide future ones
What does Phi Alpha Delta stand for?
Philos Adelphos Dikaios
The landmark case where the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of race as one factor in college admissions to promote diversity.
Grutter v. Bollinger
Legal trailblazer as the first Black woman lawyer in the nation, admitted to the bar in Washington D.C and graduated from Howard University Law School in 1872
Charlotte E. Ray
As of 2024, the LSAT no longer includes this section, once notorious for requiring visual logic
Logic Games (Analytical Reasoning)
A request for a higher court to review a lower court’s decision
Writ of certiorari
In what year did PAD begin accepting women as members?
1972