About

Joy Legal was created for the following purposes:
1. Give back to society
2. Provide step-by-step skills based learning for anyone who wants to master logical reasoning and reading comprehension
3. Keep it light and fun
We hope to help you on your LSAT journey, and perhaps into your L1 and beyond. This website was not created by a lawyer, and we make no guarantees for your success.

Philosophy of Education
We use a spiral curriculum, which is like an upside down tornado, with the easiest topics at the outset followed by more advanced topics as you progress. 
We separate skills from content. For example, would you use the Bible to teach reading to a 3rd grader? While it can be a great resource for topics or ideas, the level of writing and vocabulary would make learning more difficult than it had to be. The same is true for the LSAT - if you use actual questions, the learning is more difficult than it has to be. You can still learn, but the process is inefficient, as evidenced by the fact that it takes several months if not years to master the LSAT. Our goal is to get that time down by separating out skills from content.
We intertwine skills with content while leveling up Bloom's taxonomy and considering depth of knowledge to identify and potentially increase the cognitive rigor matrix. Basically, we make you smarter - or at least, better able to think like a lawyer.
This process is inherent in music education. When you learn music, you start with a few notes and a single hand position. As you go through your music literature (content), you might move a finger out of position, learning to read new notes (skills) and opening up new potential songs. As you progress, you learn more and more difficult literature (content). Students of music practice away from content to increase their skills, with drills for music reading, time, rhythm, and technique. Music teachers use technique, theory, and literature to guide a student towards more difficult (and fun) songs.
We basically took the process of music education and applied it to logical reasoning and reading comprehension. The goal is to make learning fun - which comes from having skills that match content.
While rigor is important, it has it's place further along the spectrum of understanding.
We value true learning, which is when you can take a skill or concept and apply it in a new setting. Therefore, we ask that you play games on this website and then use the LawHub or similar site to practice the skills you just learned (apply it in a new setting). We do not have any official LSAT questions on this site, and all content is original.
We are cognizant of the levels of English Language Learners and truly believe that anyone can master the LSAT if they want to.
Find a mistake? Please let us know, and we'll provide a freebie.
This site was designed by Shannon Gunn as a response to a really negative experience with a certain LSAT prep program. She attended class 2 hours a week for 4 months (32 hours of training) and vowed to make it easier so others didn't have to go through that process to get better at the LSAT. The training was interesting but inefficient. When she asked questions, she was met with a "CYA" (cover your a&&) response, such as "did you pay attention earlier?" or "do the reading." As a music educator, jazz musician, instructional designer, and non-profit executive, she is creating something new that will hopefully help a lot of people get better quickly, while also benefiting society.