Mastering The LSAT – Prep Unlimited!

John Richardson – Mastering The LSAT -  Prep Unlimited! – Toronto, Canada – 416 410 7737

Put 30 Years of LSAT Teaching Experience and Law School Admissions Consulting To Work For You!

The only complete LSAT and Law School Application Course!

New Law School Preview Program – Everything you need to know about law school and how to succeed!


Who: John Richardson – Author: Law School Bound and Mastering The LSAT (of the bars of Ontario, New York, Massachusetts)

Where: University of Toronto – St. Michael’s College

When: Choose any start date in 2012 – take unlimited classes to June 9,  2012

Meet John Richardson at  Pre-Law  Forum in Toronto or at a free LSAT seminar at your school


Law School Personal Statement Workshop – Free to Richardson LSAT Students

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“Hi John:

LSAT school was a blast.  It helped me improve one of the areas I had been struggling w/ at the start my LSAT preparation – logic games.  But the most important lesson I learned from you course was that when it comes to answering the questions, simplicity is virtue.”
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Hey John,

Remember me? _____’s friend who took your class in the summer. Anyhoo, I just had to share some great news with you.  I got my first acceptance from Osgoode! Thank you, thank you, thank you :) . Your classes were really helpful. I have yet to hear from the other schools but Osgoode is my first choice anyway so woohoo! You gave me all the help I needed for me to be even considered , ha ha. I am sooo happy. Let me know when you have some free time, I will take you for coffee to say thanks for being the awesome teacher that you are :) .

All the best,

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(Note that in addition to our Mastering The LSAT – Prep Unlimited  Program we  also  offer one and two weekend Toronto LSAT Courses.)

Official LSAT Course Start and End Dates:

February 11, 2012 LSAT – Two Course Format Options

Times: All classes run from 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Location: University of Toronto – St. Michael’s College – Carr Hall – 100 St.  Joseph St. – Room 103

Registration – Call 416 410 7737 or email: lsatprepregister at gmail dot com

1. Two Weekend LSAT – $660

S. 1 January 28, 29, February 4, 5 – Practice  LSAT Tests – January 28, February 5

2. One Weekend LSAT – $420

S. 1 January 28, 29 – Practice LSAT Tests – January 28, February 5

S. 2 February 4, 5 – Practice LSAT Test – February 5

June 11, 2012 LSAT

April 22 – June 9

April 29 – June 9

May 5 – June 9

May 12 – June 9

*Begin with our “Early Bird Starts” – Included at no extra charge

“LSAT Logic Games – The Toolbox” – 9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

To learn more about our “Early Bird” starts click here.

The Highlights:

-  $999 plus HST

- unlimited weekend Toronto LSAT prep classes to June 9, 2012

- unlimited practice LSAT practice testing sessions to June 9, 2012

- “Early Bird” starts – learn “LSAT Logic” and Language

- attend all pre-law guest speakers sessions to June 9, 2o12

- Complete law admissions program: personal statements, references, autobiographical sketch

- one personal law school application counseling session

- your teacher: John Richardson: Author of Law School Bound (a free copy is included with your course fee) and Mastering The LSAT

- Free LSAT Course Previews

- Location: Toronto downtown – University of Toronto

Want more information? Read Mastering The LSAT explained.

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When I grow up

“Lawyers appear among the “most hated” occupational groups on all the lists I’ve ever seen except one, a recent list from the south of England. Look, ma, no lawyers! What’s wrong with those people? Even politicians make it only to 9th spot, just ahead of Reality TV show contestants.”

George Jonas, National Post · Oct. 19, 2011 | Last Updated: Oct. 19, 2011 3:09 ET

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/When+grow/5571289/story.html

Adults rarely like what they do because they rarely do anything they like. There are probably 100 sales clerks for every dentist, 100 dentists for every MP, 100 MPs for every concert pianist and 100 concert pianists for every crocodile hunter, such as the late Steve Irwin. Guess what the proportion would be if the choices were people’s own.

Children are what they are: Firefighters, generals or lion tamers. One child I met was a bishop (no kidding). Never knew a child who expressed the slightest interest in being a sales manager or a civil servant. That was only what most of them became.

Adults lead dreary lives. They generally manufacture, sell, distribute, service, administer, or manage. A smaller number heal, inform, educate, arbitrate, and adjudicate. Only a handful will explore, entertain, invent, create, inspire, lead or protect.

Why are people unhappy? That’s why. They end up disappointing their 10-year-old selves.

“What would you like to be when you grow up?” Not what you’ll end up being, in all likelihood. When you ask 10-year-olds, few pick occupations in which most 40-year-olds are actually engaged. Growing up means giving up on things you like and coming to terms with things you don’t.

To read  the complete article, click here.

Canadians applying to U.S. law schools

http://ublaw.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/091410/

Where the jobs are: More than 1,000 Canadians have applied to U.S. law schools over the last few years

Denise M. Champagne, The Daily Record of Rochester
Aug. 30, 2010

Competition for a limited number of law schools in Canada means more students are heading south of the border.

More than 1,000 Canadians have applied to U.S. law schools over the last few years, according to Wendy Margolis, director of Communications at the Pennsylvania-based Law School Admission Council, which administers more than 170,000 Law School Admission Tests annually worldwide.

Margolis said 7,310 students applied to the 15 member Canadian law schools this year, up 15.1 percent over the previous year. LSAC recorded a 2.2 percent increase in the number of applicants to U.S. law schools, 87,476. Read more

Pre-LSAT Prep – Getting The Most From Your PREP Experience

Your LSAT Test Score

What does your LSAT score  measure? Your LSAT test score is a measure of how well you answer LSAT questions (on that particular test day). What does  a high LSAT score mean? A high LSAT test score means  that the person reads well. It is probable that a low LSAT scorer does not read well (although there are a number of other factors that might contribute to a low score). This makes sense because the LSAT is a test of how well you apply your reading and reasoning skills to LSAT questions. In a previous post, I suggested that the LSAT should be called the “R.E.A.D.” test (Reading Effectively and Deducing).

The Two Kinds of LSAT Preparation

“Formal LSAT preparation” = the process of specifically learning to improve the application of your reading and reasoning skills to actual LSAT tests, for the purpose of achieving your maximum  LSAT score

“Informal LSAT preparation” = the process of improving your general level of reading and reasoning skills so that you are starting your “Formal LSAT preparation” from a higher general level of reading and reasoning Read more

Why Reading Comprehension is Underemphasized in LSAT Prep, and What You Can Do about It

Guest Post by Kyle Pasewark of Advise In Solutions

A few weeks ago, I spoke with John Richardson, who teaches LSAT prep in Toronto, about doing a blog post for our sites on why most LSAT prep courses—and their marketing material—tend to underemphasize reading comprehension.

Things have been a little busy lately, but sometimes delay is a good thing.  In this case, it allowed me to have lunch with Elise Jaffe, a former law firm colleague who is now the pre-law advisor at Hunter College in New York City.  Elise and John are always insightful and, while this post is my view, it owes a lot to those conversations. Read more

New York Times admission stats for top U.S. law schools

On July 24, 2011 the New York Times ran an interesting education supplement which included (among other things) the admission statistics for a number of  U.S. schools. Many of you are interested in law school rankings. You will find the Gospel according to the New York Times here.

Note also that I came across an interesting tool to help you make your law school decision here. This  tool recognizes that rankings are one of a number of considerations when choosing a law school.

Lakehead wins approval to launch law school

The former Port Arthur Collegiate Institute, which Lakehead took over from the local school board in 2008. - The former Port Arthur Collegiate Institute, which Lakehead took over from the local school board in 2008. | Photo courtesy of Lakehead University

JAMES BRADSHAW

From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
Published Tuesday, Jul. 05, 2011 7:29PM EDT
Last updated Tuesday, Jul. 05, 2011 10:05PM EDT

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/lakehead-wins-approval-to-launch-law-school/article2087762/

Note you may want to add to the comments for this article

Lakehead University has won provincial approval to launch the law school it has long coveted, promising to gear its newest faculty to attract aboriginal students and focus on aboriginal law.

It is Ontario’s first new law school since 1969, and one of several recent efforts across Canada to craft programs and curricula around local cultural needs, from plans for an indigenous law degree at the University of Victoria to Cape Breton University’s newly minted chair in aboriginal business studies.

It is also Northern Ontario’s first law school, chosen to fill a regional need as well as a cultural gap. For years, Lakehead has argued the need to train local students close to home to maintain a strong pool of legal talent, drive economic expansion and serve aboriginal students, who already make up nearly 14 per cent of its student body. Read more

If you have never failed, you have never lived!

Opportunities To Study Law – The Trend Is Your Friend

Opportunities To Study Law


Most people go to law school because they want to become a lawyer. Pre-law students spend much of their time asking the answerable question of: what are the chances of getting into law school? Furthermore, they worry incessantly about Canadian law school rankings. Yet, many pre-law students in Canada are unaware of the range of opportunities available to them. The purpose of this post is to (at the very least) make you aware of the range of opportunities available to  you. It is NOT to give specific advice about programs. Remember that the “trend is always your friend”. Think about my predictions. A global legal practice is becoming the rule rather than the exception. Read more

Character And The Practise Of Law In Ontario

Becoming A Lawyer – It’s A Question of Character

When people think of becoming lawyers, they typically think of:

- law school

- LSAT

- LSAT preparation

- grades

- law school letters of reference

- law school personal statements

It is important to also consider character.

How does one become a lawyer? The requirements are in an Ontario statute called “The Law Society Act”. There is only one statutory requirement (the Law Society makes up the rest in the form of regulations). That requirement is a requirement of “character”. To be specific that S. 27(2) of the Law Society Act states that: Read more

Career suicide with social media

Career Suicide via Twitter

Is it wrong to tweet something personal on your workplace Twitter account? Social media have blurred the line between your work life and your private life. How are corporations handling the changes?

The reckless and irresponsible use of social media has the potential to result in irreparable damage to lives, careers and yes – law school admissions.  This issue has recently been canvassed on the blog of a pre-law advisor. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.

Enjoy the following video. Also, check  out the comments to  this post.

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