Up through chapter 5, things were straightforward and satisfactory. But beware, the Analytical Reasoning Section, starting with chapter 6, is fraught with critical errors.

Consider page 74. One fact read, "The ethnarch of Sparta can only attend on THURSDAY. Helen is his favorite play, so it MUST BE SCHEDULED FOR THAT DAY." [my emphasis]

But on page 75, a question asks, "which of the following CANNOT be true?" [author's emphasis]

Remarkably, choice C -- "Helen IS performed on a Wednesday" -- was NOT listed as the correct answer, despite blatantly being false [RECALL ABOVE THAT A PRELIMINARY FACT LISTED THURSDAY AS THE ONLY DAY IN WHICH HELEN COULD BE PERFORMED].

Further, preposterous logic is found in her "Roman Republic" question set. The author explicitly tells readers not to use backward logic, but this is the only way to arrive at the answers for questions 7-8 on pages 72-73. Moreover, these two questions in particular EACH PROVIDE TWO ANSWERS THAT SATISFY "MUST BE TRUE" CONDITIONS. For question 7, choices B and D run on the same backward logic. For question 8, ditto for choices B and E.

The only redeeming feature of this book is its avoidance of tricks and gimmicks. But this does not compensate for serious errors that definitely should have been caught by a law professor, who apparently fails to follow her own advice [paying attention to details].

You can rely on this book only for its info about law schools and shorthand notation. But avoid its error-abundant practice questions at all costs.

This book provides a straightforward look at the LSAT. The tips are useful and the content is easy to comprehend for people who are interested in entering law school. "LSAT for Dummies" succeeds in making the test seem less daunting and absolutely doable for future LSAT testers. I recommend this book as introductory material to the LSAT.

I have been out of school for a number of years, and have only recently decided to pursue a law degree. Since I'm kind of just feeling around this law thing, I have sampled a number of lsat prep books and found this one particularly useful. I thought it "reached" me at least, and can recommend it to many other prospective law students. Someone else bought it for me, but I'd say it's definitely worth the money.

I have to differ with the earlier reviewers. I found LSAT for Dummies to be very, very helpful. It gives solid common-sense advice, and explanations for the sample questions are very clear and easy to follow. The sample questions turned out to be very similar to the ones on the actual test, so there were no surprises there. Yes, there are a couple of misprints, which I hope the Dummies will fix before printing more books (one star off for those).

This book really helped me to prepare for the LSAT. The practice questions and explanations are excellent.