Wade formO | 173
Wade received a 173 on the LSAT and graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in 2016. After law school, Wade clerked for a Federal Judge. Since then, Wade has spent his time performing legal research, writing legal scholarship, developing software for use in the practice of law, and writing the curriculum for The LSAT Nerds. Wade also manages the day-to-day operations of The LSAT Nerds and serves as the primary website developer for the LSAT Nerds and Ascend Tutoring. You can catch Wade teaching workshops for all LSAT Nerds students on most week nights. In his spare time, Wade is a die-hard NBA basketball fan. Wade has over 5,000 hours of tutoring and teaching experience.
Sam Rosenberg | 176
Sam received a 176 on the LSAT and graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2017. Sam currently is a criminal defense attorney in Boston, where he focuses his practice on representing indigent men and women on appeal. Before that, Sam was a judicial clerk for a state criminal court. And while he was in law school, Sam spent two summers at a big-name law firm in New York. In his spare time, Sam is an avid fan of baseball and murder mysteries. Before joining the LSAT Nerds, Sam tutored for a national LSAT company, working with hundreds of students and compiling around 1,500 hours of classroom instruction and tutoring. Since joining the LSAT Nerds in early 2020, Sam has amassed over 1,000 hours of tutoring experience.
Anna Juul | 173
Anna received a 173 on the LSAT and plans to attend law school in the Fall of 2022. She is a junior at Harvard University studying Comparative Religion, although she is currently taking a year off from school. Rather than studying, she is working at a criminal defense law firm in Flagstaff, Arizona. While at Harvard, Anna became an Ivy League Champion over 1500 meters and was recently awarded NCAA All-American Honors. Anna also teaches group workshops at the LSAT Nerds and is the Operations Coordinator for the LSAT Nerds.
Galen Green | 177
Galen received a 177 on the LSAT and plans to attend law school in the Fall of 2022. She graduated from the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce in 2019 and has spent the past year and a half as a federal cybersecurity consultant. She hopes to eventually combine her financial and cybersecurity skills with a degree in law to work towards environmental justice. When not coding or tutoring, Galen enjoys reading short stories, listening to podcasts, and learning new board games. Galen has accumulated 200 hours of tutoring experience with the LSAT Nerds and serves as the Director of Scholarships and Outreach at the LSAT Nerds.
Allie Murphy | 180
Allie received a 180 on the LSAT and graduated from Rice University in 2019. She is currently in a post-baccalaureate program at Georgetown University studying classics. She loves traveling and exploring by foot, car, or boat whenever the opportunity arises. She also enjoys learning ancient and modern languages, solving crosswords, backpacking, and spending time outdoors. Allie serves as the Director of Curriculum Development at the LSAT Nerds and also teaches group workshops and courses.
Alex Jacobs | 174
Alex received a 174 on the LSAT and graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in 2016. Following graduation, Alex moved to New York City where he works as a tenants rights and eviction defense attorney representing poor and indigent New Yorkers. Initially, Alex worked in the Bronx borough office of the Legal Aid Society but more recently has been working in Queens, advocating on behalf of tenants and tenants associations to help secure repairs, cooking gas, heat, and other essential services. Alex spends his spare time surfing in New York City and enjoys surfing so much that he has recently taken and passed the Hawai`i bar. Alex has been tutoring with the LSAT Nerds since March 2020 and has accumulated around 400 hours of tutoring experience. Alex also serves as the Director of Hiring at the LSAT Nerds.
Kristina Simonetti | 177
Kristina received a 177 on the LSAT and graduated from Columbia Law School in 2006. Following law school, she practiced commercial litigation in the New York office of a large international law firm. She then moved into the academic field and taught numerous law school courses ranging from introductory writing skills to bar exam preparation. She has previously taught LSAT preparation classes and is excited to continue helping students take these first important steps in their legal careers. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and baking for her family, reading history books, learning to speak German, and discussing the many amazing qualities of miniature schnauzers.
Yash Mehta | 177
Yash received a 177 on the LSAT and is currently attending law school at the UC Berkeley School of Law, with the dream of becoming an environmental litigator. He completed his undergraduate from UC Berkeley (B.S., B.A.) in 2018 and loves to teach - in fact, his first job was tutoring his little sister in her elementary school math class. Since he started working for The LSAT Nerds in August of 2020, Yash has accumulated over 500 hours of LSAT tutoring, with many of his students exceeding their diagnostic scores by 10+ points. When he is not teaching, you can find him outdoors or avidly rooting for the Golden State Warriors and the previously-located-in-Oakland Raiders.
Ethan Seidenberg | 179
Ethan received a 179 on the LSAT and will be starting at Yale Law School in the Fall of 2022. He graduated in the Spring of 2022 from Yale College, where he majored in Philosophy and worked extensively on topics in ethics and legal theory. During the coronavirus pandemic, he took a gap year to return to his hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, where he worked through AmeriCorps as a literacy tutor at an elementary school. Outside the classroom, Ethan loves to sing in choirs large and small, write satire, and play with his cat, Wyatt. He has amassed over 200 hours of tutoring with the LSAT Nerds.
LauraLei Singsank | 179
Lauralei received a 179 on the LSAT. She’s a member of UVA Law’s Class of 2024 and graduated from the University of Oregon’s honors college in 2020 with degrees in music and political science. Lauralei is a Steiger Fellow for the ABA’s antitrust division and is spending the summer of 2022 working for Hawaii’s Office of Consumer Protection as part of this fellowship. In her free time, Lauralei is a competitive pickleball player.
Olivia Mania | 173
Olivia received a 173 on her LSAT and she is a current 2L at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Olivia is one of Penn Carey Law's Toll Public Interest Fellows, a title she has earned as a result of her commitment to public interest work, her academic performance, and her leadership. She has over 200 hours of experience tutoring with The LSAT Nerds. Olivia graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in May of 2021 with a B.A. in Political Science. At Penn Law, Olivia serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Law and Social Change, as well as a member of various pro bono projects. This past summer, she worked as a Legal Intern with Lambda Legal. This summer, she will be working as a legal intern with the ACLU of Pennsylvania. Olivia has a passion for teaching and hopes to one day become a professor of law. In her spare time, Olivia enjoys rock climbing, trying out new recipes, and watching movies.
Bailey Bogle | 180
Bailey received a 180 on the LSAT and plans to attend law school in the fall of 2024. She graduated from Duke University in 2020, where she studied English and philosophy. She is currently working in student affairs to reduce gender violence and sexual misconduct on campus. She also works with the One Love Foundation to bring healthy relationship education to students. In her free time, Bailey enjoys reading lit fic, going on runs with her dog, and baking treats for her friends.
Drew O'Donnell | 180
Drew received a 180 on the LSAT and graduated from Yale University in 2015 with a degree in Computer Science. Since then, he's worked as a Program Manager at Microsoft and volunteered at Camp Korey, a summer camp for children with serious medical conditions. Drew is an avid Magic: the Gathering player, tea-drinker, and reader, and he's recently been creating original music videos on YouTube.
Sabrina Reid-Smith | 173
Sabrina received a 173 on the LSAT and plans to attend law school in the Fall of 2023 after completing her Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Behaviour at McMaster University. She intends to pursue a career in forensic psychology with the goal of working towards a more compassionate and just legal system. In her spare time, Sabrina works on her many musical pursuits, cuddles with her dog, goes rock climbing, and unapologetically makes horrible puns. As a former music teacher and a current French and LSAT tutor, Sabrina has amassed over 2700 hours of teaching and tutoring experience.
