Just the Facts, Ma'am: Arguing for Logic on the LSAT What do
lawyers do? They argue. They make statements and support them
with evidence in order to convince a judge or jury that they're
right or that their opponents are wrong. They read statutes and
cases and briefs looking for tidbits of information that they
can use to prove that their side is right or the other side is
wrong — all under an intense time crunch. What don't lawyers do?
They don't argue from personal conviction or emotion. They don't
structure their arguments based on their own feelings, but on
the facts and the laws. They don't always get to choose the side
they represent, which occasionally results in a lawyer
supporting a side that she personally believes should lose a
case. The LSAT Logical Reasoning section is designed to test
your ability to do many of these lawyerly tasks. Starting off
with an argument In every Logical Reasoning argument the author
states some conclusion and attempts to support it with evidence.
Your job is to identify