About us

About 7Sage

Our History

In 2011, J.Y. Ping was a third-year at Harvard Law with two hobbies: making yogurt in his basement to lower his grocery bills, and tutoring for the LSAT so he could one day afford Chobani.

Many of his students only found their way to him after paying top dollar for advice they had struggled to retain. J.Y. realized he could reach more people and make a better learning tool by recording his lessons. A year later, he founded 7Sage, the first fully digital LSAT company.

Today, 7Sage’s community of students has grown to more than 200,000 strong. In addition to our beloved LSAT course, we offer one-on-one instruction from 99th-percentile-scoring tutors, admissions consulting with former admissions officers from top schools, and editorial guidance from professional writers.

Our Mission

Not all students can afford the costs of LSAT study services, but all students deserve the same shot. At 7Sage, we aim to level the playing field.

We make getting into law school easier and more affordable so you can beat the test, go to law school, and become a lawyer.

Our Services

We know the road to law school is long. That’s why we support applicants every step of the way—from studying for the LSAT to crafting your personal statement to prepping for the bar.

Our Team

  • J.Y. Ping

    J.Y. Ping

    Founder and CEO
    J.Y. Ping

    J.Y. Ping

    Founder and CEO

    J.Y. is an educator figuring out ways to bring down the cost of education while improving its quality and accessibility. “This is how we liberate and democratize education!” he likes to say to himself. He says a lot of things to himself. Not all of it makes sense.

    J.Y. graduated from Columbia University where he studied Economics, Political Science, and Philosophy and holds a JD from Harvard Law School. Before finding his calling in education, J.Y. pretended to be a lawyer at Paul, Weiss in Hong Kong and at Davis Polk in NYC.

    J.Y. is also a founder at PreProBono, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to helping poor and minority students get into law school and promoting public interest law.

  • Alan Cheuk

    Alan Cheuk

    Founder and CTO
    Alan Cheuk

    Alan Cheuk

    Founder and CTO

    Alan is from Canada, where he received a BSc with a joint major in Computing Science, and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Simon Fraser University. He graduated first in his class, in Computing Science. He also received a JD from Harvard Law School.

    Alan taught International Negotiation at Jindal Global Law School and was a Sumner Redstone Fellow in New Delhi for a year after law school. He was justifiably appalled by the lack of good ramen restaurants in New Delhi.

    Alan’s interests and work experience have focused on access to justice and information. He has worked for the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in India, the Justice and Peace Commission in Liberia, and the Berkman Center.

  • David Busis

    David Busis

    Managing Partner
    David Busis

    David Busis

    Managing Partner

    David is a graduate of Yale, where he received a prize for excellence in the English major, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he received a teaching fellowship.

    His nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic online. His fiction has won two national contests, received notable mention in The Best American Short Stories 2014, and been anthologized by Autumn House Press. He taught English and writing at the School of the New York Times, Phillips Academy Andover, the University of Iowa, and Southern New Hampshire University.

    He was admitted to Harvard and Yale Law School before he joined 7Sage.

  • Scott Milam

    Scott Milam

    Head of Service
    Scott Milam

    Scott Milam

    Head of Service

    Scott received his BA in Classics and Philosophy from Baylor University and a Master of Divinity from Truett Theological Seminary. After serving a brief stint in the ministry, Scott transitioned to classroom teaching and spent a decade coaching debate and teaching formal logic to middle and high school students.

    In June of 2021, Scott took the LSAT for the first time and scored a 180. He was hired by 7Sage as a tutor and was later asked to manage the Service Division. In his off-time, Scott can be found in his workshop welding, metal casting, and woodworking.

  • Aaron Thier

    Aaron Thier

    Director of Admissions Services
    Aaron Thier

    Aaron Thier

    Director of Admissions Services

    Aaron received a BA in Literature from Yale University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Florida, where he taught both creative and expository writing. He is the author of three novels: The Ghost Apple (a semi-finalist for the Thurber Prize), Mr. Eternity (a finalist for the same award), and The World is a Narrow Bridge. His essays and criticism have appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, The Los Angeles Review of Books,Lucky Peach, and other magazines, and in 2016 he received a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment from the Arts.

  • Selene Steelman

    Selene Steelman

    Consultant
    Selene Steelman

    Selene Steelman

    Consultant

    Selene holds a BA with Distinction in English from Swarthmore College and a Juris Doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law where she was Senior Managing Editor of the Cardozo Women’s Law Journal.

    For the last 14 years, she evaluated LL.M. and JD applications as a member of the Admissions Committee for Cardozo School of Law. As Director of LL.M. Admissions, she admitted and welcomed 27 new classes of LL.M. students from over 25 countries. Prior to joining Cardozo, she was a structured finance associate at a top-tier Manhattan law firm. Before she decided to pursue a legal education, she worked at a New York City literary agency, editing book proposals, negotiating subsidiary rights in the pre-digital era, and searching for the Great American Novel in the slush pile.

    She resides in northern New Jersey. When she is not helping law school candidates achieve their dreams, she spends her time playing the violin and ballroom dancing.

  • Tajira McCoy

    Tajira McCoy

    Consultant
    Tajira McCoy

    Tajira McCoy

    Consultant

    Tajira worked in law school admissions for ten years, most recently as the Director of Admissions and Scholarship Programs at Berkeley Law. At Berkeley Law, her primary responsibilities included recruiting and advising prospective law school applicants about the application process, evaluating applicants for admission and for incoming scholarship opportunities, managing the scholarship reconsideration process, and supporting diversity recruitment efforts.

    During her tenure in law admissions, her recruitment efforts spanned JD and LLM programs at four law schools, including public and private institutions, a Jesuit institution, and an HBCU. Tajira built and cultivated relationships within the law school and pre-law communities, often speaking on panels about the admissions process, diversity in law schools, personal and diversity statement workshops, and financial aid talks. For the Law School Admissions Council, she served on the Misconduct and Irregularities in the Admissions Process Subcommittee, the Subcommittee on DiscoverLaw Plus Programs, the International Outreach and Recruitment Work Group, the Annual Meeting Planning Work Group, and the Diversity Committee. She also evaluated submissions to the LSAC Diversity Writing Competition, and she presented at several Annual Meeting Conferences and numerous LSAC Forum events.

    Tajira received her bachelor’s degree from California State University, Northridge and her JD from Southwestern Law School. She currently serves as the Director of Career Services at the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she cultivates employer relationships and advises students and alumni on career planning and job search strategy. Tajira is also the debut author of a rom-com forthcoming from MIRA Books of HarperCollins in early 2022. When she’s not advising students or writing, you might find her testing out new recipes and hosting Supper Club meals for close friends.

  • Susan Cersovsky

    Susan Cersovsky

    Consultant
    Susan Cersovsky

    Susan Cersovsky

    Consultant

    Susan has worked in admissions at Columbia Law School for the last five years, where she served on the Admissions Committee, conducted candidate interviews, reviewed and rendered decisions on thousands of applications each year, oversaw merit-based scholarships, and designed recruiting strategies. She began her law career in New York at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in the reorganization and restructuring department, and worked in-house at New York Life Insurance Company. She also has litigated on a pro bono basis for Sanctuary for Families in Bronx Family Court.

    Susan holds a JD from Columbia Law School, where she edited the Human Rights Law Review and the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual, and participated in the Harlem Tutorial Program. She received a BA with distinction and MA in English from Emory University. Currently, Susan resides with her family in Harlem and New York’s Hudson Valley. When she is not helping law school applicants gain acceptance to their dream schools, she can be found developing her mediation skills, serving on the New York City Bar Association’s Sex & Law Committee, co-chairing the Columbia Law School Reunion Committee, painting and doing ceramics, or spending time with her family’s dogs.

  • Ben Eisman

    Ben Eisman

    Consultant
    Ben Eisman

    Ben Eisman

    Consultant

    Ben Eisman served as a federal prosecutor at the US Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC, clerked for a federal judge, and was a litigator at Skadden Arps LLP, and Perkins Coie LLP. He has taught both creative writing and legal writing, as well as international human rights law. He holds a BA in English from Columbia University, a JD, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University, where he was awarded the Sankey Prize in fiction, received a post-graduate teaching fellowship, and was director and facilitator of the university president’s book club. His writing has appeared in Commentary Magazine, New England Review, Sewanee Review, and elsewhere, and has been noted in Best American Short Stories and the Pushcart Prizes. He lives near Washington, DC.

  • Juliet Celestine-Warnaar

    Juliet Celestine-Warnaar

    Manager of Student Services
    Juliet Celestine-Warnaar

    Juliet Celestine-Warnaar

    Manager of Student Services

    Juliet received a BA in Business Management at Anglia Ruskin University and an LLB at the University of London. She worked as a Corporate Paralegal at several law firms before joining 7Sage.

    Juliet is passionate about helping others and is committed to providing high-quality customer service and developing student relationships at 7Sage. In her spare time, Juliet enjoys baking, traveling, and spending time with her family.

  • Nora Miller

    Nora Miller

    Strategist
    Nora Miller

    Nora Miller

    Strategist

    Nora Claire Miller holds an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she received a postgraduate teaching fellowship, and a BA from Hampshire College. At the University of Iowa, Nora taught undergraduate courses in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and new media writing, and served as an editorial assistant at The Iowa Review. In 2022, Nora became Editor in Chief of Ghost Proposal, a journal and small press.

    Nora is the author of the chapbook LULL. Her writing has appeared in FENCE, Chicago Review, Bennington Review, Poetry Daily, and other places. She was awarded the 2020 Bat City Review Editors’ Prize, was named runner-up for the 2022 Quarterly West Poetry Prize, was a finalist for the Poetry Society of America’s 2020 Anna Rabinowitz Prize, and was a finalist for the 2019 Omnidawn Open Poetry Book Prize. Originally from New York City, Nora lives in Western Massachusetts.

  • Matthew Keller

    Matthew Keller

    Head of Marketing
    Matthew Keller

    Matthew Keller

    Head of Marketing

    Matthew graduated from the University of Central Florida with a degree in Business Strategy and served his tenure in university-based market investments. His close proximity to higher education brought him to 7Sage, where he happily helps students across the globe access all 7Sage has to offer to improve their law school application experience. Matthew is passionate about marketing from the ground up: writing copy, photography, videography, graphic and web design, content creation—he loves it all. He also likes alliteration…too much. Marketing-minded. Design driven. Maximized minimalist. Pursuing purpose.