LSAT BOSS with Shana Ginsburg, Esq.

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Welcome to the LSAT Boss Podcast with Shana Ginsburg, Esq.! This podcast is designed for the anything-but-average student, focusing on delivering powerful learning strategies and anxiety management techniques to sharpen your reading comprehension and logical reasoning skills under pressure. Join Shana - a renowned disability attorney, certified teacher, and professional test prep instructor with 20+ years of experience - and her LSAT Boss alumni as they share the lessons that turned them into LSAT bosses and competitive applicants. Learn more about us at ginsburgadvancedtutoring.com. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsatboss/support

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S4E1: Is there an ideal prelaw major?

Jul 03 2024 47 mins

We're back! In Season 4, we're shifting away from the LSAT and to address a crucial gap in the pre-law process: pre-law advising. This season focuses entirely on filling the void left by a lack of pre-law societies and advising at many schools, especially as it relates to students with disabilities. This premiere episode explores whether there is an ideal major for pre-law

S3E5: Reading Comp Attitude and Tone, Yale Law School Life, and Self-Directed Studying

Mar 13 2023 25 mins

In this episode, Shana and Trudel continue their Reading Comprehension review with a short but high-impact lesson on attitude and tone questions. Trudel also discusses some of the study skills she has been using while a 1L at Yale Law School, and Shana busts a myth about law school professors and the expectation that professors will teach fundamental concepts during class time. &nb

S3E4: Reading Comp Organization Questions, Heavy Highlighting & Writing a Unique Admissions Essay

Feb 09 2023 24 mins

Reading Comprehension passages will be about topics ranging from arts and humanities, economics, psychology, science and the law. Each will have its own argument structure, and each structure supports and argument that builds from one paragraph to the next. So, knowing the structure of the argument will help you to not only identify the overall organization, but also to ident

S3E3: Inferences, Electric Studying & Why Cramming isn't Good Studying

Jan 31 2023 21 mins

In this episode, Shana and Trudel tackle inference questions in the Reading Comprehension section. In general, the goal of answering an inference question is to consider the correct answer as a new conclusion that stems from a claim or claims in the passage. Treat the answer choice as a conclusion, and you’ll make your life much easier. A conclusion is supported

S3E2: Grandmom, Yale 1L Life, and Reading Comp Breadcrumbs

Nov 04 2022 23 mins

In this episode, Shana and guest host Trudel Pare bring you a very special episode in honor of Shana's grandmother, the Honorable Bess B. Lavine . Shana recounts her grandmother's legacy, a woman who broke through gender barriers, pushed for criminal justice reforms and mentored legal professionals including Shana's aunt, leading to the first mother-daughter judge teams in the coun

S3E1: Intro to Reading Comprehension!

Aug 04 2022 20 mins

In this season of LSAT Boss, Shana explores the daunting world of Reading Comprehension with a rotating series of special guests who have completed their LSAT Boss journey with her. In this episode, Shana breaks down the five Reading Comprehension fundamentals with María, a recent graduate who scored a 171 on the LSAT. María was initially frightened by reading comprehension, unti

S2E15: Resolve/Explain, Trudel Heads to Yale Law, and Color Matters!

Jun 07 2022 23 mins

In this final Logical Reasoning episode and final episode of Season 2, Shana and cohost Trudel tackle Resolve/Explain questions, and discuss whether what you wear when you study actually matters. Resolve/explain questions are like riddles with only five possible solutions. Answers will provide an explanation as to how two things that are coexisting or correlating can be explained.

S2E14: Parallel the Flaw, TikTok, and LGBTQ & Disability Representation in Law Firms

May 11 2022 23 mins

In this episode, Shana and Trudel tackle Parallel the Flaw questions using Ginsburg Advanced's easy-to-learn "MITS" analysis. The two also discuss putting together Ginsburg's first TikTok video series since Covid, and analyze statistics about low visibility among disabled and LGBTQ associates in law firms. Mnemonic: MITS The MITS mnemonic is designed to ensure you that

S2E13: Parallels, Gap Years, and Discussing Your Past in Your Essay

Feb 14 2022 31 mins

In this episode, Shana and season 2 cohost Trudel discuss Parallel the Reasoning and Parallel the Flaw Questions. The pair also bust a pesky myth about not discussing events that happened before college in your personal statement, and also discuss why it can be a great idea to take a gap year, or two, or even more. Your goal for Parallel the Reasoning questions is to first es

S2E12: Flaws Pt. II, Motivation, & Law School Accommodations

Oct 24 2021 19 mins

This is the second part of the Flaw lesson. Before listening, it is recommended that you listen to Season 2 Episode 11 first. In this episode, Shana and Trudel unpack Analogy, Data Sampling, and Sufficient/Necessary Conflation Flaws. They also bust myths about whether motivation is necessary in order to study for the LSAT, and whether getting approved for LSAT accommoda