COURSE MATERIALS & Recommended Reading
THEORY MODULE Document- TEXT: Casebook for the Deconstruction
During the Theory Module, students are trained to see every LSAT question as a weighted sum of issues. The term issue-- both in the law and on the LSAT- means that which gives rise to a question. All LSAT issues are presented within a single text called The Casebook for the Deconstruction, which was first published in 1991, and has been supplemented every year since. Our unique LSAT Casebook is organized along the lines of a law school textbook. For each LSAT issue, the Casebook provides minimalist methods of solution.
The 12 Casebook chapters are organized by issue and provide examples of LSAT questions (the cases) which contain those issues. This proprietary issues-based ordering & classification of LSAT questions reveals both the typical and boundary questions that have appeared on the exam. To facilitate issue-spotting, the Casebook contains a system of spherical maps that connect each issue to semantic triggers for that issue as they appear on the LSAT in a visually memorable format.
The issue-based map system that underpins the Casebook was completed by our Founder in 2008. The fact that these maps predict the current path of the LSAT is a powerful confirmation of the Binary Theory, and the rigorous, scientific methods that gave rise to it.
During the Theory Module, students are trained to see every LSAT question as a weighted sum of issues. The term issue-- both in the law and on the LSAT- means that which gives rise to a question. All LSAT issues are presented within a single text called The Casebook for the Deconstruction, which was first published in 1991, and has been supplemented every year since. Our unique LSAT Casebook is organized along the lines of a law school textbook. For each LSAT issue, the Casebook provides minimalist methods of solution.
The 12 Casebook chapters are organized by issue and provide examples of LSAT questions (the cases) which contain those issues. This proprietary issues-based ordering & classification of LSAT questions reveals both the typical and boundary questions that have appeared on the exam. To facilitate issue-spotting, the Casebook contains a system of spherical maps that connect each issue to semantic triggers for that issue as they appear on the LSAT in a visually memorable format.
The issue-based map system that underpins the Casebook was completed by our Founder in 2008. The fact that these maps predict the current path of the LSAT is a powerful confirmation of the Binary Theory, and the rigorous, scientific methods that gave rise to it.
"The Binary Solution materials are the only ones that fit the...requirements of CUNY School of Law's Pipeline to Justice Course [because] it is the only course that uses a single Casebook (patterned on law school casebooks) as its materials and it is the only course that uses law school pedagogy in its content and delivery"
APPLICATION MODULE Database- Official LawHub
During the Application Module, the most recent, actual LSATs (aka Preptests) are assigned, along with any older exams that our predictive model deems most relevant. Students are assigned at least 35 practice LSATs for homework and expected to take these exams in the recently created Official LawHub, which contains over 70 past LSATs.
LSAC is now offering the Official LSAT Prep Plus --commonly referred to as the LawHub-- which costs only $99 and offers one year of access to 70+ actual, past LSATs formatted exactly like the current Digital Tablet LSAT. Our students are required to register for this online platform so that they may practice for the LSAT under the most realistic circumstances by using the authentic test interface. This is the only external resources that our students are required to obtain for their preparation. Note that LSAC requires that candidates establish an LSAC account in order to purchase the LawHub
RECOMMENDED READING
The following books will help develop skills that are useful on the LSAT and in law school, and their relevant parts have been incorporated into our materials. Students are however encouraged to consult these original texts in order to deepen their understanding of the subject matter, and to eventually excel as attorneys.
During the Application Module, the most recent, actual LSATs (aka Preptests) are assigned, along with any older exams that our predictive model deems most relevant. Students are assigned at least 35 practice LSATs for homework and expected to take these exams in the recently created Official LawHub, which contains over 70 past LSATs.
LSAC is now offering the Official LSAT Prep Plus --commonly referred to as the LawHub-- which costs only $99 and offers one year of access to 70+ actual, past LSATs formatted exactly like the current Digital Tablet LSAT. Our students are required to register for this online platform so that they may practice for the LSAT under the most realistic circumstances by using the authentic test interface. This is the only external resources that our students are required to obtain for their preparation. Note that LSAC requires that candidates establish an LSAC account in order to purchase the LawHub
RECOMMENDED READING
The following books will help develop skills that are useful on the LSAT and in law school, and their relevant parts have been incorporated into our materials. Students are however encouraged to consult these original texts in order to deepen their understanding of the subject matter, and to eventually excel as attorneys.
- Inside the LSAT by Thomas White, designer of LSAT (aka Peterson's LSAT Success)
- Introduction to Legal Reasoning by EH Levi
- The Costs of Accidents by Guido Calabresi
- Things You Can Do With Logic by Luckhardt & Bechtel
- Any work by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (eg., Path of the Law )