RJlsattutor
Independent Tutor180 While Working Full-Time | Opening 1:1 & Group Tutoring Availability | Free Consult
Hi everyone!
Quick tip for anyone balancing LSAT prep with work or school: don't measure a productive study day by how many hours you studied or questions you completed. Give each study session a specific purpose, and leave enough time to review what you did thoroughly. Thirty focused minutes with good review can be much more valuable than several hours of drilling just to hit a volume goal.
As most of my current students finish their testing cycles, I'm opening additional availability for others preparing for the fall and winter administrations.
About me: I scored an official 180 on the LSAT while working full-time, so I understand the challenge of preparing seriously for this test around a demanding work schedule. Since then, I have tutored the LSAT full-time and worked with students across a wide range of scores, from students still building their foundations to those trying to break into the high 160s and 170s or make 170+ performance more consistent.
How I approach tutoring:
I don't think tutoring should just consist of someone explaining questions after you miss them. Most students can understand an explanation once they hear it. The harder part is learning how to recognize the issue yourself before choosing an answer.
During sessions, I want to hear how you reason through the question first: what you noticed, what you predicted, where you hesitated, and why certain answers remained attractive. From there, I'll walk you through my own reasoning so we can compare the two and identify exactly where your process is breaking down.
For Logical Reasoning, I focus heavily on argument structure, prediction, flaw recognition, and understanding why tempting wrong answers fail. The goal is not just to understand why the credited answer works after seeing an explanation, but to become increasingly capable of recognizing the reasoning yourself.
For Reading Comprehension, I focus on passage structure, viewpoints, author attitude, and knowing where information lives in the passage. Memorizing every detail is unnecessary. It's far more important to understand how the passage is organized so that you know what matters and where to return for textual support.
Personalized study plans
For private students, I also use your recent PTs, drilling analytics, Blind Review, review habits, wrong-answer journal, and what I observe during our sessions to build a study plan around the patterns actually costing you points.
The study plan is not something I give you once and expect you to follow unchanged until test day.
As your performance changes, the plan changes with it.
If something that was previously a weakness becomes reliable, we can reduce the time you spend there. If your next few PTs reveal a different recurring issue, that can become the next priority. What you're studying several weeks from now shouldn't necessarily still be determined by what your analytics showed today.
Tutoring may be particularly useful if you:
understand explanations afterward but keep making similar mistakes
frequently get stuck between two answer choices
have a meaningful timed vs. Blind Review gap
struggle with timing, second-guessing, or confidence
feel inconsistent across practice tests and aren't sure why
aren't sure what you should actually be prioritizing each week
Ways to work with me:
Private Tutoring (1:1)
Individual sessions built around your reasoning process, recent PTs, analytics, and current areas for improvement. What happens between sessions helps guide what we work on next, rather than treating each tutoring session as an isolated lesson.
Study Buddy Prep
A two-person tutoring option for students who already have a friend or fellow LSAT studier with similar goals and would like an alternative to private tutoring.
You each work through questions independently before we compare reasoning, which gives you the benefit of individualized feedback while also hearing how another student approached the same problem.
Weekly Group Classes
Small, interactive classes capped at 10 students. Each week focuses on a specific LSAT concept, question type, or strategy, with the topic announced in advance so you can choose the classes most relevant to you.
For each question, everyone first answers through an anonymous poll, so you're able to participate without publicly sharing your answer. Speaking is never required.
Students who want to can then explain their reasoning before I break down the question, share my own approach, and go through the structure, prediction, credited answer, and most tempting wrong-answer choices.
Classes currently meet:
Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. ET
Sundays at 3:00 p.m. ET
Thursday and Sunday generally cover the same weekly topic, so students can attend whichever works better or come to both for additional practice.
Law School Application Support:
I also work with students once they transition from the LSAT into the application process. This can include personal statements, supplemental essays, résumé review, school-list and application strategy, LOCIs, and reviewing application materials as a whole.
Application support is offered à la carte, so you can get help with a particular part of your application or continue working with me throughout the process as needed.
Not sure whether tutoring makes sense for you?
I also offer a free 15-minute consultation.
We can talk through your current score range, goal score, testing timeline, recent PT performance, study history, and what has been giving you trouble. I'll also explain how I would approach your preparation and what I would likely prioritize if we worked together.
You can book a free consultation, comment here, or message me with any questions.
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