OUR FOUNDER & AUTHOR of THE BINARY SOLUTION
Award-Winning Researcher Deconstructs the LSAT and Trains Thousands of Law School Applicants at Major Academic & Legal Institutions
"Eva's approach is unique & inspired"
- Former Dean of CUNY School of Law
Eva Lana, Instructor, Developer & Founder
Eva Lana Silver, JD (2-yr Honors Program, NYLS '17), Tax LLM (NYLS '25) is the most knowledgeable LSAT instructor and researcher in the nation. She is a Harvard College graduate (B.A. in Chemistry) and Harvard National Scholar; a Westinghouse (now Regeneron) Winner who placed 5th in the annual Science Talent Search; and currently serves on the Science & Technology Section of the American Bar Association--as Chair of the E-Filing Committee; Co-Chair of the Food, Cosmetics & Nutraceutical Committee; and a Member of the Diversity Committee.
In 1991, Eva began developing what would eventually become the only complete and general solution for the LSAT. Eva’s unique and scientific approach is based on a logical deconstruction of the exam. By collecting the constants, Eva constructed a theoretical model of the exam that predicts the path of the LSAT. By 2008, Eva had literally mapped the entire genome of the LSAT, creating a set of spherical maps that fully explain and predict the test. Predications based on The Binary Solution have actually worked even better in the past year, as the LSAT underwent the most significant format change in its 30-year history. Recent format changes in the LSAT have caused the exam writers to look to its 30-year history in order to produce new LSAT questions that continue to measure the same fundamental skills. After each LSAT, Eva refines The Binary Solution to reflect even the most subtle shifts on the test—most of which were anticipated by work she completed as early as 1991.
In 1991, Eva began developing what would eventually become the only complete and general solution for the LSAT. Eva’s unique and scientific approach is based on a logical deconstruction of the exam. By collecting the constants, Eva constructed a theoretical model of the exam that predicts the path of the LSAT. By 2008, Eva had literally mapped the entire genome of the LSAT, creating a set of spherical maps that fully explain and predict the test. Predications based on The Binary Solution have actually worked even better in the past year, as the LSAT underwent the most significant format change in its 30-year history. Recent format changes in the LSAT have caused the exam writers to look to its 30-year history in order to produce new LSAT questions that continue to measure the same fundamental skills. After each LSAT, Eva refines The Binary Solution to reflect even the most subtle shifts on the test—most of which were anticipated by work she completed as early as 1991.
Over 30 years of Teaching Experience at Major Institutions
Since 1991, Eva has been invited to teach The Binary Solution at Columbia Law School, CUNY Law School, New York Law School, the New York City Bar Association, Sullivan Cromwell, Columbia College, New York University, Hunter College, New Jersey City University, and the University of Miami.
While teaching Binary Solution at Columbia Law School in 1995, Eva uncovered the parallels between the LSAT and the law-- and authored the only Casebook for the LSAT--which is modeled after a law school textbook to include typical as well as boundary cases for every question type that appears (and will appear) on the exam.
Landmark Legal Work
In 2015, Eva entered a 2-year Honors JD program at New York Law School and upon graduating, won a landmark jurisdiction case based on an appellate brief she wrote as a first-year (1L) law student - see In re Assimakopoulos, 159 AD3d 453 (1st Dept 2018). In 2018, after surviving constitutional challenges that reached the New York Court of Appeals, the case became black-letter law and is currently cited by every New York treatise on the subject of Trusts and Estates- see 41 N.Y. Jur. 2d Decedents' Estates § 1608;1 New York Estate Administration § 1.02 (2020); and seven (7) citations in Warren's Heaton on Surrogate's Court Practice (2021) See Chpt 1 § 2.11; Chpt 2 §32.1, 35.08, 39.01; Chpt 3 §47.01 , 47.07; Chpt 15 at 062018-1.
Even before attending law school, Eva had multiple legal successes in a variety of cases that received press in publications such as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post:
• in 1990, Eva (who is a cinephile) wrote the memo that gave rise to the NC-17 Rating (No Children under 17 Admitted) while working for Professor Alan Dershowitz at Harvard Law School. Her argument helped convince CARA (Classification and Rating Administration) to extend the scope of R-rated movies without exposing children to mature material. The new rating enabled the movie Henry and June (an Oscar-nominated biography of author Henry Miller directed by Philip Kaufman) to eventually be released in US Theatres, as it had previously been banned due to a risque menage-a-trois scene starring Uma Thurman, Fred Ward and Maria de Medeiros.
• In 1995, while working for emeritus Professor Kellis Parker of Columbia Law School, Eva compiled the discovery and defense for the historic Landmarks Harlem organization, which saved the nonprofit organization from being dissolved by internal corruption. During the same year, Eva took only 7 days to stay the deportation of a Jamaican musician (a client of Professor Parker and father of 14 children in the US) —using only the Columbia Law School Library resources and the musician's van to drive to Washington, DC, where an emergency stay was issued.
• In 2007, Eva successfully argued the chemical safety of a concentrated retinol-protein complex that exceeded
the regulatory limits for pure retinol. Her memo convinced the Australian Food and Drug Authorities to lift their ban on the retinol-protein products that were being marketed by Cosmedix, an American cosmeceutical company.
For over 30 years, the law has formed a context for Eva’s LSAT theories and she was the first to map the extensive correlations between the LSAT and the study & practice of law. Due to her ever-expanding legal training (Eva will receive an LLM in Taxation in September 2022), she continues to develop Binary Solution as both an answer to the LSAT and a powerful introduction to the law.
Diversifying the Courts and the Legal Profession
This year, Eva launched an initiative called #BlackBench in order to diversify the courts, which ultimately determine how law is applied in America. #BlackBench seeks to train future judges who are diverse in background, as part of a larger movement for reparations and reconciliation. Eva's commitment to diversifying the legal practice dates back to 1995, when she created an initiative called A-to-the Fourth: Anti, Anti- Affirmative Action, that inspired the Pipeline to Justice programs in legal education. Today, Eva hopes to spark change in the judiciary- especially the federal courts-- where a lack of diversity continues to undermine true equality and justice. In particular, Eva takes issue with a lack of black female judges in the Supreme Court of the United Sates (SCOTUS), despite the success black women have had in state judicial systems. Eva believes that the false notion of "court-packing" has been developed in order to limit the Supreme Court to only nine Justices (despite the fact that we have 12 Federal Circuits) and thereby prevent a long-overdue expansion of the number of Supreme Court Justices to correspond, at a minimum, to the number of Federal Districts (SCOTUS appointments ended after the 9th District was added to our federal judicial system). Since concepts like "qualified immunity" and "due process" are either created by or subject to judicial interpretation, there can be no meaningful justice unless the judiciary reflects the diversity and values of our nation.
Since 1991, Eva has been invited to teach The Binary Solution at Columbia Law School, CUNY Law School, New York Law School, the New York City Bar Association, Sullivan Cromwell, Columbia College, New York University, Hunter College, New Jersey City University, and the University of Miami.
While teaching Binary Solution at Columbia Law School in 1995, Eva uncovered the parallels between the LSAT and the law-- and authored the only Casebook for the LSAT--which is modeled after a law school textbook to include typical as well as boundary cases for every question type that appears (and will appear) on the exam.
Landmark Legal Work
In 2015, Eva entered a 2-year Honors JD program at New York Law School and upon graduating, won a landmark jurisdiction case based on an appellate brief she wrote as a first-year (1L) law student - see In re Assimakopoulos, 159 AD3d 453 (1st Dept 2018). In 2018, after surviving constitutional challenges that reached the New York Court of Appeals, the case became black-letter law and is currently cited by every New York treatise on the subject of Trusts and Estates- see 41 N.Y. Jur. 2d Decedents' Estates § 1608;1 New York Estate Administration § 1.02 (2020); and seven (7) citations in Warren's Heaton on Surrogate's Court Practice (2021) See Chpt 1 § 2.11; Chpt 2 §32.1, 35.08, 39.01; Chpt 3 §47.01 , 47.07; Chpt 15 at 062018-1.
Even before attending law school, Eva had multiple legal successes in a variety of cases that received press in publications such as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post:
• in 1990, Eva (who is a cinephile) wrote the memo that gave rise to the NC-17 Rating (No Children under 17 Admitted) while working for Professor Alan Dershowitz at Harvard Law School. Her argument helped convince CARA (Classification and Rating Administration) to extend the scope of R-rated movies without exposing children to mature material. The new rating enabled the movie Henry and June (an Oscar-nominated biography of author Henry Miller directed by Philip Kaufman) to eventually be released in US Theatres, as it had previously been banned due to a risque menage-a-trois scene starring Uma Thurman, Fred Ward and Maria de Medeiros.
• In 1995, while working for emeritus Professor Kellis Parker of Columbia Law School, Eva compiled the discovery and defense for the historic Landmarks Harlem organization, which saved the nonprofit organization from being dissolved by internal corruption. During the same year, Eva took only 7 days to stay the deportation of a Jamaican musician (a client of Professor Parker and father of 14 children in the US) —using only the Columbia Law School Library resources and the musician's van to drive to Washington, DC, where an emergency stay was issued.
• In 2007, Eva successfully argued the chemical safety of a concentrated retinol-protein complex that exceeded
the regulatory limits for pure retinol. Her memo convinced the Australian Food and Drug Authorities to lift their ban on the retinol-protein products that were being marketed by Cosmedix, an American cosmeceutical company.
For over 30 years, the law has formed a context for Eva’s LSAT theories and she was the first to map the extensive correlations between the LSAT and the study & practice of law. Due to her ever-expanding legal training (Eva will receive an LLM in Taxation in September 2022), she continues to develop Binary Solution as both an answer to the LSAT and a powerful introduction to the law.
Diversifying the Courts and the Legal Profession
This year, Eva launched an initiative called #BlackBench in order to diversify the courts, which ultimately determine how law is applied in America. #BlackBench seeks to train future judges who are diverse in background, as part of a larger movement for reparations and reconciliation. Eva's commitment to diversifying the legal practice dates back to 1995, when she created an initiative called A-to-the Fourth: Anti, Anti- Affirmative Action, that inspired the Pipeline to Justice programs in legal education. Today, Eva hopes to spark change in the judiciary- especially the federal courts-- where a lack of diversity continues to undermine true equality and justice. In particular, Eva takes issue with a lack of black female judges in the Supreme Court of the United Sates (SCOTUS), despite the success black women have had in state judicial systems. Eva believes that the false notion of "court-packing" has been developed in order to limit the Supreme Court to only nine Justices (despite the fact that we have 12 Federal Circuits) and thereby prevent a long-overdue expansion of the number of Supreme Court Justices to correspond, at a minimum, to the number of Federal Districts (SCOTUS appointments ended after the 9th District was added to our federal judicial system). Since concepts like "qualified immunity" and "due process" are either created by or subject to judicial interpretation, there can be no meaningful justice unless the judiciary reflects the diversity and values of our nation.