LSAT Prep Workshops & Practice Tests

Studying for the LSAT is no easy task. Come and learn what skills you’ll need to succeed in getting the best LSAT score possible. Space for each session is limited to 30 participants.

Given the current circumstances involving COVID-19, our spring LSAT Prep Events set for Saturday, April 18 (LSAT Prep Workshop) and Saturday, May 2 (LSAT Practice Test) will take place virtually.  

Pricing Changes:  Due to the change in format and delivery, the LSAT Practice Test for Saturday, May 2 will be free for those registered for the April LSAT Prep Workshop.  Otherwise, the fee has been reduced to $30.00.

Our comprehensive workshop teaches valuable techniques and skills to master the LSAT.

Our Workshops cost $90 and includes instructions with Erin Decker '16 who scored a perfect 180 on the LSAT. No refunds are available 48 hours prior to the workshop.

The LSAT Prep Workshop scheduled for Saturday, April 18 will take place virtually over two days:

• Saturday, April 18, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (live instruction by Erin Decker '16) 
• Sunday, April 19, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (live instruction by Erin Decker '16)
  

Additional details are forthcoming.

Be prepared for test day! Learn valuable test-taking strategies. Take a full-length LSAT in proctored conditions.

If you have registered for the virtual LSAT Prep Workshop taking place April 18 & 19, you are eligible to attend the May 2 LSAT Practice Test for free as long as you confirm your attendance by email to law-amissions@buffalo.edu by Friday, April 24.

The LSAT Practice Test scheduled for Saturday, May 2 is now a 3-hour virtual review of LSAT PrepTest 73, which is available online with LSAC's free Official LSAT Prep℠.   Attendees are responsible for taking the test on their own before the review class. 

• Saturday, May 2, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (live review by Erin Decker ‘16)

Additional details are forthcoming.

The LSAT is a standardized test required for admission to all American Bar Association (ABA)-approved law schools in the United States, most Canadian law schools, and many non-ABA-approved law schools. Administered by the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC), the LSAT is an important standard that aids law schools in the evaluation of applicants.

The LSAT test measures reading and reasoning skills that are considered essential for success in law school. The test is given 4 times a year: June, September (or sometimes October), December and February.

The School of Law will accepted all four test administration for fall admission.

The test consists of five 35-minute sections of multiple-choice questions followed by a 35-minute writing sample. 

• Reading comprehension
• Analytical reasoning
• Logical reasoning
• Writing sample (not scored)

Scores range from 120 to 180. Your LSAT score is based on the number of questions you answer correctly within the 4 sections of the exam. You will not be penalized for incorrect answers.

The writing sample is not scored by LSAC, but is forwarded to the law schools to which you are applying and can be used in the evaluation of your application.

Erin Decker '16, a recent law school graduate, tests well. 

Decker is one of only a handful of test-takers who aced her LSAT, answering every question correctly to earn a perfect score of 180.  Fortunately, her passion for education extends to sharing that knowledge, and she is happy to teach the secrets of her success to the next generation of aspiring law students.

“Of all of the graduate admissions tests, the LSAT is the one most strongly correlated with grades in the first year, so schools appropriately place a lot of emphasis on the results” Decker says.  “That makes sense, because the LSAT, unlike most other tests, is not content-based.  There is nothing to memorize and regurgitate; you need to be able to think on your feet, and you need to be motivated to learn from your mistakes.”  

“The skills you need to succeed on the LSAT – the ability to read critically and precisely, and to identify logical connections or flaws within arguments – are the same skills you need to succeed in law school and beyond.  It’s not enough to know the background facts and final outcome of a case, an attorney must also understand the factors that led to a decision in order to effectively mount an appeal or use precedent in a new matter.”  

Decker is a bona fide expert on the subject.  She began teaching LSAT prep courses for Kaplan, Inc., the national test prep company, while earning her Masters in math at Binghamton University.  Teaching the LSAT in that context, she says, “got me thinking seriously about law school.  I never saw a disconnect between math and the law.  When you get to a certain level of studying math, it’s all about theorems, logic, and intuition.  It’s not about numbers.  To me, the biggest difference was that as a lawyer, I could be an advocate for people facing immediate, real-world challenges, while as a mathematician, I would be focused on abstract concepts.”

Advocacy, according to Decker, was “definitely the right the choice.”  As a practicing attorney, she focuses on civil and business litigation as well as trust and estate law, leveraging her law degree as well as her MBA education from Cornell University to represent her clients' interests in business and financial matters.   

For the School of Law, Decker developed a day-long LSAT preparation workshop for college students and adults considering a career change. The workshop includes six hours of instruction punctuated by a lunch hour at which law school staffers lead a question-and-answer session about the admissions process. 

Is it really possible to coach someone to earn a higher score on the LSAT, which after all is supposed to measure innate skills?  “Of course!” Decker says: “Part of it is understanding the structure of the test and what the questions are really asking, and the rest depends on honing your critical reading skills.  You can absolutely teach those, and we have seen our students excel because of it.”