Signature curriculum

The 30-Hour War

A recommended 30-hour course in Logical Reasoning. Some students need less time; others continue beyond the full course.

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30hours of private
Logical Reasoning instruction

The premise

This is a skill test.

The law-school admissions test does not ask whether you memorized enough facts. It asks whether you can break an argument apart, see how its pieces interact, and judge exactly what follows. That skill can be trained.

Structured

Question families are taught in a deliberate sequence so later skills build on earlier ones.

Original

Fresh practice material targets the precise reasoning pattern under study—not recycled recognition.

Adaptive

Difficulty and pacing move with the student. The curriculum is a path, not a conveyor belt.

Course map

Six stages. One integrated method.

01

Main Conclusions · Identify the Role · Identify the Technique

Foundations

Learn to map an argument before deciding what to do with it.
02

Necessary Assumptions · Sufficient Assumptions

Assumptions

Expose what the argument needs and what would be enough to complete it.
03

Identify the Flaw · Strengthen · Weaken

Evaluation

Find the gap, then predict what would widen or close it.
04

Inferences · Strongly Supported

Deduction

Distinguish what must follow from what is merely plausible.
05

Resolve the Paradox

Resolution

Reconcile facts that appear to conflict without denying either one.
06

Parallel Reasoning · Match the Flaw · Principles

Transfer

Recognize logical structure even when the subject matter changes.

Inside each module

Explanation. Guided work. Independent command.

  • Clear instruction without unnecessary jargon
  • Worked examples with reasoning made explicit
  • Original drills calibrated from foundational to demanding
  • Review of every tempting wrong-answer path
  • Mixed sets that prevent positional shortcuts

Studying between sessions? Rules of Engagement explains the method, and Operation Overkill is its Logical Reasoning practice companion.

Original materials were developed using proprietary techniques.

Thirty hours, used intelligently

A benchmark, not a ceiling.

The 30-Hour War is our suggested route through the complete Logical Reasoning curriculum. It is not a package you must buy and it is not the point at which instruction has to stop. We can spend fewer hours on targeted work, complete the 30-hour course, or keep working beyond it.

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