THE LSAT NERDS SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The LSAT Nerds Scholarship Fund provides recipients with LSAT tutoring, LSAT prep resources, and law school admissions resources for free.

We know firsthand the impact that one-on-one tutoring can have on law school application. In today’s competitive legal marketplace, a strong LSAT score isn’t just important for getting into law school—it allows you to get into the right law school for achieving your goals.

Every day we work with students who have the ability to achieve high scores but need help getting there. This kind of help should be accessible to a wider range of students.

Since we started, we have tried to make LSAT tutoring accessible. We built a pay-as-you-go program, eschewing steep up-front costs. We recognized that many of our students could only afford a limited investment, and so we began offering workshops to all our students free of charge. But we have always recognized that there are those for whom the cost of working with us is impossible to manage, and we have worked since the beginning to change that.

We know that there are bright future lawyers out there, for whom even a limited amount of tutoring is not a financial possibility. We all stand to benefit by giving these bright minds a chance to get into top law schools and ultimately contribute to the legal profession. With our help, these students have received strong LSAT scores, moving one step closer to achieving their goals. We could not be more proud to do our part in working towards a more equitable legal profession!

We also recognize that there are particular barriers facing Black and Indigenous persons to entering the legal profession. We want to do our part to address this issue. To that end, we are offering scholarships to motivated Black and Indigenous prospective law students—without imposing a financial need requirement.

We are so humbled to be in a position to offer these scholarships and are incredibly proud to ensure all recipients receive elite tutoring!

Is It Really Free?

Yes, for those students who are selected for the program, the following services are free:

• One-on-One Tutoring (subject to limitations)

• Entry to LSAT Nerds Workshops

• Access to LSAT Nerds Curriculum, Assignments, and Supplemental Materials

Most importantly, you will receive the benefit of working with a single expert who will work to ensure that you are able to maintain your progress through your entire LSAT preparation and testing process.

What are these “limitations” and “requirements” that come along with tutoring?

We require that all of our scholarship students put forth a reasonable amount of effort! This means practicing, reviewing, and joining us for free workshops and proctored exams. We do expect each student who participates to commit substantial time and effort into their success, but we hope to make it fun along the way to an important and impactful end result.

Is a Fee Waiver Required?

For most applicants, a showing of financial hardship is required. An LSAC fee waiver is not strictly necessary in order to demonstrate financial need, but the vast majority of our scholarship students have demonstrated their need in part by receiving a fee waiver.

Having a fee waiver, however, does not guarantee that you will be able to work with us. In addition, you will need to demonstrate both a compelling need for assistance and a compelling basis for wishing to pursue the LSAT.

Prospective Black and Indigneous law students do not need to qualify for an LSAC fee waiver. While financial need is a consideration, it is not a requirement for these scholarship programs.

Do You Provide Any Discounts or Other Options To those Facing Financial Hardship?

Yes, in addition to being the only provider of totally free one-on-one services, we now provide a group course for those who would not otherwise receive one-on-one tutoring, while also providing discounts to those who have received third-party scholarships.

In addition to our one-on-one tutoring, we do additionally offer a scholarship prep course, which you can apply for at the link to the scholarship application below. These courses are offered on a rolling basis to coincide with the LSAT testing dates. The criteria for assessing applicants is largely the same as the criteria for our one-on-one tutoring program. Alongside our workshops, the courses are meant to provide LSAT hopefuls with the fundamentals, whereas one-on-one tutoring is designed for students who have spent a significant amount of time studying on their own and are ready to focus on specific strengths and weaknesses.

We also allow anyone who has received a third-party scholarship for LSAT preparation to use that scholarship with us. In those cases, we will provide up to a 50% discount on tutoring sessions. If you are receiving such assistance, please reach out to learn more!

For students who do not qualify for a scholarship, our tutoring program is structured on a pay-as-you-go basis. There are no steep up front costs. In addition, we offer free workshops to all our students.