Princeton Review - Cracking the LSAT with 3 Practice Tests, 2014 Edition

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LSAT directions copyright 1989 Law School Admission Council, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Law School Admission Council, Inc.

Permission has been granted to reprint portions of the following:
The Export of Hazardous Wastes: Issues and Policy Implications, by C. E. Davis and J. D. Hagen, taken from International Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1986.
Employee Drug-Testing Issues Facing Private Sector Employees, by Steven O. Todd, taken from North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 4, 1987.
The Right of Publicity Revisited: Reconciling Fame, Fortune and Constitutional Rights, by Jane Gross, taken from Boston University Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 4, 1982.
An Economists Perspective on the Theory of the Firm, by Oliver Hart, 89 Columbia Law Review 1957. 1989 by the Directors of the Columbia Law Review Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by kind permission from Professor Hart and Columbia Law Review. Several minor editorial changes were made to make the excerpts conform to LSAT passage specifications. Mr. Hart is a professor of economics at M.I.T.

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2014 Edition

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A successful LSAT program is a collaborative effort. Wed especially like to thank Andrew Brody, Akhil Sheth, Chad Chasteen, and Jennifer Wooddell for their expertise.

A very special thanks to Oliver Hart, professor of economics at M.I.T., and to Debora Davies and the folks at Columbia Law Review for their generous permission to quote an excerpt from an article by Professor Hart.

Special thanks to Adam Robinson, who conceived of and perfected the Joe Bloggs approach to standardized tests and many of the other successful techniques used by The Princeton Review.

Dear Prospective Law Student:

Congratulations on your decision to purchase The Princeton Reviews Cracking the LSAT. This self-study guide will help you achieve your highest possible score on the LSATarguably the most significant single factor in law school admissions decisions.

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In this chapter, were going to give you an overall preparation plan for the LSAT. Before we hit you with some test-taking techniques, we want to make sure that you know all that we know about the LSAT itself. Well start with a few pages worth of information on the test. Make sure you read all this info carefully so youll know exactly what youre up against.