Zachary Goldberg was frustrated. In summer 2024, the then-IU sophomore was studying for the Law School Admission Test while abroad in Budapest when he realized none of the existing prep platforms felt like the right fit. So, he took matters into his own hands.
Alongside IU students Jack Wilber and Gabriel Shores, Goldberg, now IUSG student body president, built a study platform designed to make LSAT prep more accessible and personalized for students.
Lawgic Prep officially launched Feb. 23 with Goldberg as its chief executive officer. Wilber serves as chief operating officer, while Shores is the chief technology officer.
Goldberg said Lawgic is a LSAT content provider officially licensed with the Law School Admissions Council, a not-for-profit organization that provides services like admissions data or test registration to support accessibility and equity in law school admissions. As a licensee, Lawgic is authorized by LSAC to instruct LSAT content, which is trademarked by the council.
Goldberg said Lawgic was inspired by his experience using other LSAT prep programs, believing them to be uncomprehensive in study material. Some platforms offered incomplete answer explanations and others lacked insights on law school admissions data, he said.
“I was always trying to look for, like, different ways to do things, and that led to me having to use, like, three to four different platforms while I was studying,” Goldberg said. “Not only to get, like, analytics, but just to understand the questions.”
LSAT prep programs like Kaplan begin pricing as low as $899 for basic plans and up to $1,999 for more advanced packages.
Goldberg said not everyone can afford the steep price tags that came with accessing LSAT study resources. He said he felt like the prices for LSAT prep were egregious in comparison to other standardized test prep resources.
Lawgic, he said, was created to even the playing field and ensure that everyone could have a shot at succeeding on the LSAT.
Gabriel Escobedo, Maurer School of Law assistant dean for community, impact and engagement, said affordability and access to LSAT prep are the main topics he discusses when working with students at the Maurer Vision Program, an initiative to guide undergraduates toward law school.
“There are a lot of students who look at the affordability of programs, and they're realizing that they can't afford it,” he said. “Maybe they can afford a month, so they're trying to find ways to get those opportunities.”
Escobedo said the Maurer Vision Program teaches students to research different law school programs and rankings on websites like the American Bar Association and the U.S. News and World Report. Lawgic, he said, would be a great opportunity for students to find verified information in one place.
Lawgic offers one study package priced at a flat rate of $50 per month or $120 every three months.
LSAC’s LawHub currently offers four official LSAT preparation tests for free.
“We don't unlock additional features if you pay more,” Wilber said. “We want to have one tier where you get everything that we provide, and everything there is supposed to maximize your chances of getting the score you want.”
Goldberg said Lawgic contains the same core features established LSAT prep companies like 7Sage or the Princeton Review provide. Those features include over 5,000 official LSAT questions with explanations written by Goldberg.
After Lawgic comes out of beta testing around next month, Goldberg said video lessons will be added to the platform.
What sets Lawgic apart from other platforms, Wilber said, are tools such as an artificial intelligence aid that grades essays and the program’s partnership with LSData, an online resource used by law school applicants to explore trends in admissions data, compare schools, converse with other applicants and monitor application statuses.
After the Law School Admissions Council removed the analytical reasoning section, known as Logic Games, from the LSAT in August 2024, there remain 58 official practice tests.
Lawgic automatically builds practice question sets based on the category, type and difficulty of questions from question banks of those official tests, Shores said. Additionally, users can review the full question bank stored in a more advanced interface, allowing them to build a personalized practice set.
When sifting through online forums, Goldberg said he noticed people found success when studying conditional logic questions in addition to official LSAT questions. Conditional logic questions are problems based on if-then statements where one condition leads to another outcome. Lawgic offers over 1,000 conditional logic drills, which Wilber said are compatible with mobile web browsers.
When developing Lawgic, Shores said getting feedback from students was a part of the process. After speaking with Kappa Alpha Pi, a pre-law fraternity at IU, Shores said students requested a dark-mode feature for the platform, which he has already begun implementing.
“It's really just been trying to build something to last,” Shores said.
Alex Vitat, founding president of the IU chapter of Kappa Alpha Pi, said he likes the intuitiveness of Lawgic’s user interface. Vitat is a senior studying political science with minors in French, music production and world politics. He said he plans to attend law school.
“Lawgic was designed in a way that, at least to me, it seems to emulate a lot of the best of all the worlds of prep that there are,” he said.
Vitat said he and Goldberg have discussed creating a partnership between Kappa Alpha Pi and Lawgic.
“It's like for students, by students” Vitat said. “And for that reason alone, I think it would speak really well to, I mean, some of his values and some of the values that we've seen in our organization.”
Having tutored over 100 students as the founder of IU’s Corporate Law Club, Goldberg said receiving their feedback on his answer explanations helped him write new ones.
Lawgic includes a flagging feature in which students can report explanations they feel are unclear. This then notifies Goldberg, who said he writes a new explanation within two to three days to better suit the student’s understanding.
“If people find a bug or if they want a feature, they can request that from Gabe, and we really want to have those done for the most small things,” Wilber said.
Currently, Shores said Lawgic is trying to establish a close bond with its initial users, making sure to stay in touch with them in the case they face any issues with the program. Building a strong community for students is something Lawgic is working hard on, he said. Goldberg added that a friend-finding feature is a future consideration for the platform.
“To our knowledge, we're the only LSAT, like, website and platform run by undergraduate students like in the world, and so we try to really go with the times,” Goldberg said. “I think we have a unique perspective on what it looks like to study for this exam while also being a student.”
Goldberg said he sees Lawgic expanding its video lesson library, establishing a presence on college campuses and building a friend-networking platform on the site.
“This is a platform that is built for students,” he said. “Our job is to make their LSAT studying experience as good as it possibly can be, and we're here to do that, you know, and that's never going to change.”
