Having the best LSAT resources in the business wouldn’t mean a thing without our rockstar instructors. Learning begins with clear and engaging delivery of concepts and methods, and that’s why we’re embarrassingly enthusiastic about wrangling up the best LSAT instructors around.
If you haven’t scored 170 or better on a real LSAT — the kind administered by LSAC, not a practice exam — don’t even bother applying. Every single Blueprint instructor since the dawn of time has notched that achievement, and applications without it make their way immediately to the no pile.
We take applicants from all over the nation and fly them out to HQ Los Angeles to see for ourselves whether they’ve got what it takes to teach the Blueprint LSAT course. Aspiring instructors only get that offer by sending us a video intro letting us know what makes them tick and why they’d be perfect for Blueprint. The vast majority don’t make it through the process, and only the best and brightest LSAT mavens remain standing when it’s all over.
Over a 70-hour pre-hire training period, applicants participate in improv comedy and teach us the ins and outs of a topic of their own choosing, all while showing us they can deliver the lessons with clarity and precision.
After that, instructors complete another 118 hours of training, including 40 hours of personal mentoring by a veteran Blueprint LSAT instructor, and 6 hours of evaluation and feedback.
Then we pay them the highest wage in the business to make sure they’re content and focused on giving students a great learning experience.
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Boston
Keith is a Massachusetts native where he spent his teenage years as a long-haired heavy metal drummer. These days the long hair is gone, but Keith continues to play music around Boston - mostly finding himself playing and dancing with fellow Grateful Dead fanatics (otherwise known as Dead Heads).
Keith attended Brandeis University and NYU Law, where he was on a full-tuition merit scholarship. During college he was a debate champion and later a debate teacher. No doubt that experience helped him score his 180. Prior to college, Keith spent a number of years as a laborer in the Teamsters Union pushing heavy boxes around Boston. That experience, in its own way, also paved the way for Keith’s 180. Keith’s teaching philosophy is based on his own experience with the LSAT: the test is extremely learnable. With enough time and effort, anyone can do well on it. The LSAT is beatable and Keith is excited to help his students win that fight.
Keith’s favorite TV shows include BoJack Horseman, Seinfeld, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He met Larry David once who was as wonderfully rude as you would hope and it was glorious.
Los Angeles
Although Linette spent most of her childhood in Romania herding goats on her grandparents’ farm, when she was in her teen years she decided to move to the US, learn English, and give college a try.
She started off as a Pre-Dent student at La Sierra University, and although she took the DAT and scored in the 99th percentile, she quickly discovered she was rather squeamish and preferred talking to people from a comfortable distance. After an intense brainstorming session, she decided to intern at a corporate law office and fell in love with the profession. She switched her major to Pre-Law, took the LSAT, and scored a 175.
Linette has traveled to every country in Europe and has spent time learning from each culture and adapting to their way of life. Because of that, she understands that everyone learns differently, which is why she makes sure to adapt her classes and teaching style to the needs of her students. She believes it’s extremely important to celebrate the small victories along the way, preferably with some rocky road ice cream (but any desserts are highly encouraged).
In her free time, Linette likes to get back to her roots by backpacking and camping in the wild. Although there are no goats around, the occasional bear and deer make up for that.
Washington DC
Thom has a bit of an obsessive streak (that's what helped him get his 180). In that vein, after he had a great cocktail on vacation one day, he looked up four months later to realize he'd become an amateur mixologist and bitters designer. Maybe that memory gap is just good storytelling, maybe it's an extended blackout. Who can say? Not Thom, that's for sure.
Thom is occasionally - but rarely - serious. He went to Davidson College and later Johns Hopkins University, studying mathematics and applied economics. Thom tried the think tank scene in DC for a while and wrote a bunch of technical public health papers. He's still a statistical data analyst when he isn't bartending or teaching the LSAT.
Thom will use as many pop culture analogies as he can possibly fit in to keep you engaged as you wade through logical reasoning. Look, you're giving up your free time for months to study for a test. Might as well have fun with it!
Thom has bad balance and breaks easily, so don't ask him about most sports. But if you wanna run a triathlon, read some trashy fantasy novels, or hear about why the corn lobby is the root of all evil, he's your guy.
Phoenix
Dylan has worked as a used car salesman, an online poker pro and for the past six years as an LSAT instructor. While his affection for selling '92 Cabriolets and losing money on the river card has waned, his love for teaching continues.
Dylan was an undergraduate at Yale, where he spent time debating and developing an affection for Cheetos. In between washing orange dust off his hands, he became the second person ever to be both a national debate champion and North American debate champion in 2007, and the only American undergrad to win Cambridge University's invitational tournament. The latter allowed him take part in the quintessential American activity: beating the British.
Dylan believes strongly that his philosophy degree and his LSAT score of 178 should be only partially wasted, and so emphasizes understanding the logical structures on the LSAT. He'll also teach you the importance of understanding why the incorrect answers are incorrect, as well as the role Cheetos can play in a well-crafted study plan.
In addition to helping you get a great LSAT score, Dylan knows where you can get a good price on a 2005 Spectra.
Los Angeles, CA
Theron graduated with High Distinction (magna cum laude) from the University of California, Berkeley, with Honors in History.
He spent some time working with the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Service Institute on education policy and outreach before deciding to teach the LSAT. Theron is familiar with the ins and outs of the new digital LSAT, and after having scored a 175 on the exam, and he now works with those looking to embark on a journey to boost their score, and have some fun along the way.
When Theron is not thinking about the LSAT, he enjoys listening to audiobooks, learning to cook new recipes, or playing new video games.
Long Beach
Kristin hails from Southern California, but has lived in almost every state once, and at least one state twice. Her academic background followed the logical progression from art school to engineering school, and then on to law school (as one naturally does). Along the way, she has taught math and chemistry, designed equipment for refineries, made lots of plastic, and most importantly, tended bar at many locally-famous dives in LA.
In the classroom, Kristin knows from experience that with hard work, patience, and perseverance, she can teach you everything you need to know to succeed on the LSAT (she toilet-trained her three cats and scored 170 on her own LSAT, both seemingly impossible feats).
She will entertain and impress you with her knowledge of 70’s and 80s pop music while making difficult material accessible, and she promises to try not to talk about her pets all of the time. When she is not teaching or lawyering, Kristin can be found in a museum, her kitchen, her garden or trying to convince her husband that if she switches from patent law to animal law, her clients won’t “all live with us,” and will pay their bills.
Bay Area
When Blair heard that Arnold Schwarzenegger was the governor of California, he went to college in hopes that he could get the Governator's signature on his diploma. Unfortunately, he missed that opportunity, but ended up with a degree in Philosophy anyways.
In between playing in Cal's marching band (trombone players, unite!) and pounding protein shakes, Blair really excelled in his formal logic classes, and thought taking the LSAT would be fun. Spoiler alert: it wasn't. Using the study techniques he learned from being a tutor for many years, he worked hard and scored a 173. He also came out with a desire to put others through the same pain.
Blair believes the LSAT is just like bodybuilding - sometimes you just gotta get up on stage in your underwear! Even if you do it with clothes on, slow, steady practice with expert guidance is still the best way to progress with mental or physical challenges (#gains).
When he's not playing with his toy poodle, you can find him searching the Bay Area for the best cookie. He's always on the hunt for that perfect milk to cookie ratio, and is currently accepting any and all recommendations.
New York
Sena moved to New York City at 17 years old to become a dancer. Since no New Yorker has ever been content with just one job, Sena decided to pick up two additional hobbies: teaching high school students 40 hours a week and getting a degree in International Business. Although Sena was born in Nebraska, she spent her early childhood, and attended school, in Arizona, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, and Turkey. She views the LSAT as another language that anyone can learn- as someone who speaks 8 languages, she would know!
Sena's status as a New Yorker has branded her as a coffee addict. One cup led to another, and she started a non-profit sustainable coffee project, Pangaea Coffee, in 2018. She sources coffee beans from farms around the world and used the proceeds to buy jeans for farmers. From interacting with farms from different countries around the world, she became highly interested in international legal issues.
During a dance photoshoot in Greenwich Village, Sena had an embarrassing fall; the closest building where people could witness her tumble happened to be NYU Law. A kind security guard came to her rescue with a band-aid. She took that as a sign and bought her first book of LSAT Prep tests the next day. That’s when Sena realized she loved studying for the LSAT almost as much as she loves coffee and dancing. She spent the next few months solving and writing explanations for over 80 tests. After scoring a 178 on her LSAT, Sena realized that anyone can learn the language of the LSAT and beat the test.
San Diego
Courtney has one basic rule that has gotten her pretty far in life: If you’re going to walk around with your head in the clouds, wear shoes. There’s less of a chance you’ll break a toe—she knows this from experience.
This kind of principled thinking may stem from her having received a PhD in philosophy from Emory University, where she spent much time walking around with her head in the clouds. After leaving the south for less humid conditions, she now lives happily in San Diego where she is raising three kids, three dogs, and a horse. When she’s not taking care of them, she teaches philosophy at a local community college. Her teaching style is warm, friendly, and encouraging, and she tries to be funny. But, it’s hit or miss really.
Thinking she might need a change of pace, what else would a philosophy PhD do but go to law school? After taking a Blueprint course herself to prepare for the LSAT, not only did she love the course, but she ended up scoring a 173. But, “Screw law school!” she thought. “I want to do LSAT tests forever!” And thus, Courtney came to work for Blueprint as an instructor herself.
Courtney believes the LSAT can be fun, and with the right attitude and commitment, anyone can score high enough to teach the LSAT—er, go to a great law school. In her spare time, she is often being talked out of acquiring more animals—lately, alpacas have her interest. And goats. And then there’s chickens. Oh, and a donkey. Her head may still be in the clouds.
Chicago
Christine is a native Rhode Islander and suggests you Google “stuffies” right away.
Prior to taking the LSAT, Christine served as a chaser for the Rhody Ridgebacks. She bid adieu to her dream of going pro after being sidelined due to a bludger injury. But being an LSAT instructor is good, too.
For her LSAT prep, Christine mimicked the earthworms from her seventh-grade science experiment, spending several weeks in a cool, dark place surrounded by newspapers and compost. She does not recommend this strategy, although it did result in her earning a 173, so who knows.
Christine much prefers the holistic approach that Blueprint offers. She likens the LSAT to the Cobra Kai Dojo members in the Karate Kid, whose bravado masks deep flaws and insecurities. She strives to help students find their inner Daniel-Sans by developing skills that will carry them through law school and beyond.
You can usually find Christine near the Charles Mingus section at a local record store, bemoaning the fact that Buzzfeed’s algorithm classifies her as elbow macaroni when she’s obviously gnocchi.
Los Angeles
In the immortal words of Captain Jean Luc Picard, “Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.” Scott, too, is a man of simple pleasures: Star Trek, board games, burritos, experimental poetry…
After fleeing Illinois by cattle car (Southwest Airlines) in the dead of night (early afternoon), Scott took Los Angeles by storm, obtaining a degree in English from USC. He soon headed back to school, picking up an MFA in Poetry Writing from NYU before returning to USC, where he is earning a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing. Out of sheer curiosity and abiding love of standardized tests, Scott took the LSAT and scored a 177.
Scott really does love the LSAT, and he brings this enthusiasm to every class. After teaching many semesters of Freshman composition, Scott is convinced that, if he can make 18-year-olds care about the rhetorical triangle, he can make literally anything interesting to anybody. He is easy-going, approachable, and eager to help his students in the classroom.
Los Angeles
Spencer has seen Bruce Springsteen in concert over 20 times. This number would be far greater if Spencer had been alive during the '70s.
After a childhood spent negotiating the concrete playgrounds of New York City, Spencer attended Amherst College in Massachusetts where he studied Philosophy. When paid itinerant philosopher positions failed to materialize, he returned to the big apple and spent three years teaching middle school.
With nine years of teaching experience, Spencer's instruction style is a blend of the tactics that helped him achieve a 179 on his own LSAT and 7th grade pedagogy. This means he preaches the discipline to learn the Blueprint methods and practice them, but counsels taking frequent snack breaks and reading about dinosaurs.
While Spencer recognizes that LA is, objectively, a failed city whose population is doomed to die in a mudslide while waiting for traffic on the 405 to clear, he's really enjoying the beaches.
Chicago
Because David has trekked to an altitude of 20,000 feet and scuba-dived 130 feet below the surface of the ocean, he can shepherd you through the highs and lows of the LSAT training experience. By the time you’re ready to the take the exam, you’ll be able to articulate precisely why this is – or isn’t – a good analogy!
David holds too many advanced degrees for his own good. He attended and graduated from the NYU School of Law (his 176 on the LSAT helped him get in). After practicing law for a number of years, David studied education at Northwestern University and received a M.S.Ed. in teaching. Currently David tutors LSAT and GRE students, and also assists middle-school and high-school students who have executive functioning challenges.
David derives his inspiration as an LSAT instructor from such well-known legal minds as Yoda (“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” “Patience you must have, my young padawn.”), Gandalf (“Courage will now be your best defense against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.”), and Winnie-the-Pooh (“Think it over, think it under.”). Armed with these deep philosophies and expert knowledge both of the LSAT and how to teach, David will help you realize your best score, even if you're rolling your eyes at him all the while.
Miami
Though born in the Cuban metropolis of Holguin, Felipe spent the first 6 years of his life in a little-known wilderness simply called "Moa." There, Felipe decided early on he would grow up to be an astrophysicist or an iguana.
After puberty, Felipe realized the iguana thing wasn't going to pan out. And after watching a discovery channel documentary on black holes, Felipe realized that space was confusing and depressing. He ended up studying mathematics at FIU and teaching at a math learning center he would eventually leave in order to work as the director of.... you guessed it: a math center. It was there that Felipe first tasted the high octane, adrenaline filled world of test prep. After helping hundreds of students over the course of four years, Felipe left the center to pursue test prep exclusively and go back to school. He now teaches the LSAT, GMAT, and GRE. Felipe also plans to put his 177 LSAT score to use and apply to a joint JD/MBA program in 2020 (or maybe 2021... 2022?).
As an instructor, Felipe has learned that these tests, though difficult, are beatable. There are "success patterns" woven into the LSAT that, once seen and once mastered, will lead to not only a great score, but also a great time. Seriously, Felipe truly believes this test can go from torture to fun when you know what to look for. Don't believe him? Good! A little skepticism is healthy and will help you with the LSAT.
Felipe will tell you he's an avid chess player and cinephile, but what that really means is he plays 20 high-speed bullet chess games per day during meals and combs through Netflix's entire library for hours without ever actually picking anything.
Boston
Laura won the school-wide spelling bee in 6th and 7th grade with ''oratorio'' and ''antediluvian.'' She's been trying to regain that pinnacle of excellence ever since.
Laura grew up in the suburbs of Grand Rapids, MI which is a city by Michigan standards, meaning that there is a downtown area and Lady Gaga played there on her most recent tour. She then moved to Manhattan where she attended NYU and studied politics and Spanish (but please don't ask her if she wants to be a Spanish politician, because she's heard that joke before).
As a Blueprint alum with a 178 LSAT score and three years of teaching under her belt, Laura uses the same coaching methods for her LSAT students that she learned while running track for NYU: learn from your coach but it's the time you spend training on your own that can make the most difference. That, and never eat a Big Mac before a big race. Or before the LSAT. Or really, ever.
For those who are interested, ''antediluvian'' means ''antiquated''. You're on your own for oratorio.
Los Angeles
John has spent the last 10 years coaching high school debate, including the 2017 Lincoln-Douglas National Champions. (His claim to fame.)
Hailing from Minneapolis, MN he spent his college years at the University of San Diego. In the years that followed, he built a debate coaching business before deciding to take a swing at the LSAT and join both parents and older sister in the legal community. He scored a 171 on his first attempt, but still manages to makes time for his first love--debate.
John approaches the test as a coach first and foremost. He enjoys teaching his students the tricks of the trade and argues that each student is capable of reaching their target score; they just need to find that part in themselves that will drive them to work a little extra to achieve those goals.
When he’s not teaching or debating LSAT logic, you can find him at a card game, playing a round of golf, or reading a good book.
Austin
Jenny graduated with a BA in Political Science from Stanford University, where she was cheerleader. To kill some time between football games, she picked up a prep test and ended up snagging a 174 on the LSAT and a JD/MBA from UT Austin, where she was the Editor in Chief of the Texas Journal of Women and the Law.
Not one to shy away from prepping for a high stakes exam, Jenny has passed the bar exam in both California and Texas. She practiced law as a mergers and acquisitions associate for more than 7 years, including a two-year stint in Tokyo where she learned that a magnitude 9.0 earthquake is no excuse for leaving the office early and that sushi is a perfectly acceptable breakfast food.
Jenny recently hung up her Big Law spurs and dusted off some dry erase markers in anticipation of her return to the Blueprint classroom--she has taught LSAT and GMAT courses for over 7 years and is a veteran at helping students raise their scores.
With a compassionate and indefatigable commitment to teaching, Jenny is a veritable cheerleader for her students. You can expect her to be patient, approachable, and kind hearted. If you perform really well, pirouettes and high kicks might not be out of the question, either.
Los Angeles
Steve is a math nerd, movie buff, and frequent concert-goer who loves all forms of entertainment media and trying to figure out what makes some great and others horrendous (or in the case of The Room, both at the same time).
In his studies, Steve was the rare "double Bear," graduating from both undergraduate studies and law school at UC Berkeley. In undergrad, he earned honors in both Rhetoric and Legal Studies, culminating in a thesis on the intersection between Enlightenment-era philosophy and Christopher Nolan’s Memento (no, really!).After law school, Steve spent a few years in civil litigation, ranging from working on intellectual property issues, clerking for a judge in the Federal court system, helping low-income individuals obtain life-or-death restraining orders, and advocating for homeless rights, and that was just on Mondays!
His teaching style centers on trying to make the LSAT approachable and fun by injecting a frequent number of dad jokes (despite not being a dad) and cultural references to help take the edge off. He also is the special breed of crazy that finds logic games fun, and despite the LSAT’s best efforts to the contrary, will show you how you can find the “fun” in the test too. When not teaching the LSAT, you can find Steve watching Rick and Morty on repeat and (unsuccessfully) attempting to avoid the Ron Weasley comparisons from strangers.
Orange County
Chris is an affable dude who gets along well with just about everyone and everything. Notable exceptions include Bob Costas, Kenny G, and pickles; Chris would send them all to hell if he had Death's scythe.
A journalism major in college, Chris spent three broke and happy years working for a music magazine. He interviewed many of his musical heroes -- including Mike Patton, Ben Folds, Outkast, Jane's Addiction, and Weird Al -- but convinced himself that he needed a greater intellectual challenge. Chris scored a 171 on the LSAT and graduated from Loyola Law School in 2006. A well-respected litigator, Chris was recognized by Super Lawyers' Rising Stars list in 2009, 2013, 2014, and 2017. Chris now owns a legal practice specializing in estate planning, probate, and trust litigation.
Chris believes his experiences with diverse personalities, from eccentric rock stars to stodgy judges, give him the patience and persistence to successfully teach the LSAT to anyone. No matter a student's background, Chris is adept at eliminating the baggage that harms LSAT performance and replacing it with proper Blueprint methods.
Although Chris has had far fewer rock star encounters since becoming a lawyer, he did use a urinal next to Kenny G in a superior court restroom. Unlike Elvis Costello, Chris's aim was not true.
