Alex Davis

Stewie: I'm the dog. I'm well read and have a diverse stock portfolio. But I'm not above eating grass clippings and regurgitating them on the rug.

Brian: I'm a pompous little antichrist who will abandon my plans for world domination when I grow up and wind up settling with a rough trick named Jim.

Alex: I'm the LSAT instructor who can carry on a complete conversation using only Family Guy quotes and Antoine Dodson references. I will climb in your LSAT window and snatch your people up.

When he wasn't binging on pop culture, Alex found time to graduate from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in History and English. Putting his degrees to good use at a golf shop was fun, but a Jewish mother and a sense of impending doom led Alex down the law school path. His 171 and sweet, sweet luck got him into UCLA Law School. Upon graduation in 2010 he promptly decided that craft beer was more than fun toiling away in the corporate law salt mines (go figure) and now plans to open his own brewpub. That, and teach the LSAT.

Alex's teaching style is just like his voice - serious, yet playful, and a little high-pitched after 2AM. You can expect a healthy dose of self-deprecation and other polysyllabic hyphenates in his class, along with a whole lotta advice about the best way to make it through the LSAT so that you, too can taste LSAT victory, which probably tastes good, like salt-water taffy or a Chunky.

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How to Juggle Finals with June LSAT Prep

Finals. LSAT prep. Finals? LSAT prep? FINALS! LSAT PREP!? Have I accurately captured your approximate level of stress heading into finals and the LSAT home stretch? Good. Never fear, I’m here to help.

Or at least advise.

If you’re one of those intrepid folk who decided to study for the June LSAT while still in school, I’m sure you’re feeling the crunch. My advice is simple: schedule the hell out of yourself. An undertaking this massive requires you to regiment your lifestyle. Figure out how much time you realistically need to devote to both finals study and LSAT prep and find a way to cram both into every day while still leaving time to eat and a little time to relax.

And while we’re on the subject of relaxation, a little every now and then is vitally important.
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May 15, 2012 - 6:08 pm - By Alex Davis
Tags: june lsat, law school, law school admissions, LSAT, LSAT prep, LSAT preparation, lsat score, October LSAT
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Don’t Panic, But the June LSAT is One Month Away

Here’s a phrase that oughta make you shudder just a bit: The June LSAT is exactly one month away. Spooky, I know. Not as spooky as the inexplicable success of the Twilight Saga, but pretty damn close (it doesn’t get spookier than sparkly vampires).

What should a person such as yourself be doing right now? If you’re reading this during normal waking hours, then the answer is the following: studying. Of course, you could mix in the occasional meal or trip to the gym, but you need to put the schnoz to the grindstone.

Now is the time for you to firm up all those soft spots in your LSAT prep. Focus on the basics. Make sure your foundation is solid. You can’t have a nuanced understanding of the more obscure LSAT question types until you have a full understanding of the least obscure. Don’t worry about time. That can come in a couple weeks.
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May 11, 2012 - 6:29 pm - By Alex Davis
Tags: june lsat, LSAT, LSAT prep, LSAT preparation, lsat question, lsat score
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Multiple Tips for Handling Multiple Law School Offers

If you applied for admission to the law school class of 2015 you might now find yourself in the enviable position of having to make a decision between multiple offers of admission (yay you!). For the sake of this blog post, let’s say that you have it narrowed down to two schools. According to Anna Ivey, it’s not a great idea to put down multiple deposits for law school admission. It just confuses those bureaucrats in the law school admissions office anyway. So what’s a soon to be law student to do? Make a f*%#ing decision!

All veiled cussing aside, I’m going to attempt to make your law school admissions decision just a tad bit easier with a list of possibly relevant factors:

Handling Multiple Offers for Law School Admissions Tip I: Location, Location, Location
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Apr 25, 2012 - 6:09 pm - By Alex Davis
Tags: law school, law school admission, law school advice, law school applications, law school offers
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A Drop in Test-Takers Boosts the Value of a High LSAT Score

I’m not sure if you’ve encountered the same phenomenon, but it’s occurred to me more than once that I see a lot of less-than-intelligent people having kids. I also see a lot of intelligent people not having kids. One could argue that intelligence itself is to blame. After all, if you do a cost-benefit analysis in your twenties, having kids just doesn’t seem to pencil out (to put things in the least emotional terms possible). In other words, smarter people are having less kids because having less kids is the “smarter” thing to do.

I’m going to ask you to apply baby-having to law school because reports indicate that fewer of those with upper echelon LSAT scores are actually applying to law school. Now, this could mean that those with higher LSAT scores merely see LSAT tutoring as an excellent business prospect, but that’s not where I’d place my bets.
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Apr 18, 2012 - 6:59 pm - By Alex Davis
Tags: law school, LSAT, lsat score, lsat scores
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Passover and the LSAT: Stop Whining. Start Wining

For those of you who are fellow members of the tribe, the beginning of Passover draws nigh. If you’re a gentile, just go with this for about 300 words. Passover is a Jewish holiday meant to commemorate the Exodus, wherein God forced the Pharaoh of Egypt to free the Children of Israel from slavery through the use of plagues (locusts, frogs and the like).

Perhaps the most well-known part of Passover is the seder. What, you ask, does any of this have to do with the LSAT or LSAT prep? The seder, much like the LSAT, is a highly ritualistic and regimented endeavor. Everything must be done in the proper order and certain items are prohibited. After all, you can’t answer questions before you’ve filled out your Scantron sheet, and you can’t have your fourth cup of wine before the recital of the Hallel. You can’t bring a lunchbox into the LSAT and you can’t have leavened bread at a seder.
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Apr 6, 2012 - 6:31 pm - By Alex Davis
Tags: LSAT, lsat in real life, LSAT prep, lsat reading comp, LSAT Study
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Fewer LSAT Takers = Less Competition

The number of LSAT test takers is at its lowest in years. You’ve probably already read what the New York Times thinks this means for lower-tier law schools. You may read that article and think that the legal profession in America is dead. You may see gloom, doom, and any number of other cold pricklies. Well, here’s a warm fuzzy: your competition pool just got smaller.

In other words, if you are among those who still have a strong desire to enter the legal profession, and thus also go to law school, the ball is now more than ever in your court. And your incentive to be a stellar LSAT test taker is thus also greater.

As many of us know, the LSAT comprises a large chunk of the U.S. News and World Report rankings. Schools, for better or worse, care a lot about these rankings. The better your LSAT test score, the more desirable an applicant you become. Read Entire Article…

Mar 26, 2012 - 2:36 pm - By Alex Davis
Tags: law school, Lawyering, LSAT, New York Times, U.S. News & World Report
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Six Things to Do in the Final Months of Law School

There’s nothing quite like being in law school and coming down with a severe case of 3L-itis. If you’re smart, you’re taking a couple of Pass/No Pass courses. You’re doing about half the reading you know you should. You’ve already started thinking about taking the Bar. You may even have a job to go to once you (hopefully) pass the exam. In other words, put a stamp on this semester because you’re mailing it in.

So what’s a 3L with way too much time on his/her hands to do? Any motherf***ing thing you like. Just in case you need a little help, here’s a list to get you started:

1. Sleep in. A lot.

Nothing says, “I don’t have to be an adult yet” quite like purposely failing to set an alarm on a weeknight.
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Mar 13, 2012 - 10:55 am - By Alex Davis
Tags: 3L, bar exam, law, law school, law school advice
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What to Expect When LSAC Releases February LSAT Scores

A splendid Monday to those who took the February 2012 LSAT. It’s okay. No need to respond. Continue eating your sandwich. You may be interested to know that LSAC is scheduled to release LSAT scores this very week. You may also be interested to know that you’ll be receiving said LSAT score in one of a few ways.

The first way you can receive your February LSAT score is snail mail, but only if you pay for it. Which couldn’t be less worth it. After all, you’re reading this blog post on the interwebz. This is a strong indication that you have a computer (or at least access thereto) and thus have an account on the LSAC website. If you have an LSAC account, keep an eye on your email, for that is the source from whence your LSAT score shall come (I couldn’t turn down an opportunity to use “whence”).
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Mar 5, 2012 - 12:03 pm - By Alex Davis
Tags: february 2012 lsat, february lsat, law school, law school application, lsac, LSAT, lsat scores
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Five LSAT-Related Things to Give Up for Lent

I confess: I’m no Catholic. I’m not even Greek Orthodox (yes, they have Lent too). But after all the quasi church-sanctioned debauchery that goes on during Mardi Gras, even this Jew gets in the Lenten spirit. So, without further ado, here are 5 LSAT-related sins to rid yourself of:

1. Convincing yourself that doing most of your homework is okay.

C’mon, kids. You know better. Do you know why you’re given a copy of every LSAT question ever released? So you can do every LSAT question ever released. Why, you ask, is this important? Put simply, if you’ve completed every LSAT question then the good folk at LSAC can’t throw anything at you that you haven’t seen. So suck it up and stop slacking.
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Mar 1, 2012 - 6:29 pm - By Alex Davis
Tags: lsac, LSAT, LSAT preparation, lsat question, lsat score, studying for the lsat
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What to Do When the Law School Offers Start Coming In

The February LSAT has come and gone. Now it’s time to talk law school. More specifically, law school admissions. Even more specifically, law school admissions offers.

Let’s assume all your law school applications are complete (and if they’re not, stop reading and go take care of that, pronto). You’ve no doubt wondered to yourself (or possibly aloud to strangers) whether you’ll get into a top tier school. You’ve probably worried about what your recommenders put in their letters. The possibilities for anxiety are endless.

I’m going to attempt to soothe your worry-addled mind. How you ask? By telling you not to worry. It won’t do you any good at this point anyway. There is nothing more you can or should do at this point (except perhaps pick up a hobby to take your mind off of things).
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Feb 23, 2012 - 6:55 pm - By Alex Davis
Tags: law school, law school admissions, law school applications, law school offers
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