Join a law professor's research team before you apply.
LAB is the LSAT Apprenticeship Bootcamp. Ten weeks of LSAT prep, law school admissions strategy, and real legal research with UC Irvine law faculty. Built for applicants who want more than a score.
The Problem
A score and a personal statement is the floor.
Every serious applicant prepares for the LSAT. Most hire someone for the essays. Almost none walk into law school knowing what legal research actually is.
Admissions committees read thousands of files that look the same. The applicant who has worked under a law professor reads differently.
LAB puts all three in one summer. Score. Strategy. Substance.
The Program
Four tracks. One summer. No gaps.
LSAT Prep
Structured instruction across Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension. Timed practice, diagnostics, and a test-day plan aimed at the late-summer and fall LSAT.
Admissions Strategy
School list, personal statement, résumé, and addenda. Built to be ready when applications open, not after.
Research Apprenticeship
Every student joins a UC Irvine law professor's research team. Real questions, real sources, real work product. Two weeks of it in person.
Evening 1L Preview
Evening sessions on how first year actually works. Case reading, cold calls, briefing, and the doctrines every 1L meets in the first month.
The 10 Weeks
Sequenced to the admissions cycle.
You finish the summer test-ready, with research on your résumé, before fall applications open.
Weeks 1–8 · Online
[JUNE XX] – [AUGUST XX], 2027
- LSAT
- Live instruction, drills, full practice tests
- Admissions
- School list, statement drafts, résumé
- Research
- Onboarding to your professor's team, remote assignments
- Evenings
- 1L Preview sessions
Weeks 9–10 · In person
UC Irvine
Two weeks on campus with your research team. Work alongside faculty, present your findings, and close out the program with your cohort.
Sit for the late-summer or fall LSAT. Submit early in the cycle.
Faculty Research Teams
Work for a law professor. Not a tutor.
Each student is placed on one UC Irvine law faculty member's research team. Seats per team are limited.
[Professor Name]
UC Irvine School of Law
Research area: [Area of Law]
[Professor Name]
UC Irvine School of Law
Research area: [Area of Law]
[Professor Name]
UC Irvine School of Law
Research area: [Area of Law]
[Professor Name]
UC Irvine School of Law
Research area: [Area of Law]
Who It's For
Ambitious pre-law applicants.
- College juniors and seniors planning to apply this cycle or next.
- Recent grads and gap-year applicants who want a stronger file than they had at graduation.
- Applicants aiming high who know a score alone won't separate them.
What You Leave With
A file that reads differently.
Test-ready
A trained approach and a test-day plan
Application-ready
School list, statement, résumé
Research experience
Faculty-supervised work on your résumé
A head start on 1L
You'll know how the first month works
Tuition
40 seats. One founding cohort.
Faculty research teams are small, so the cohort is capped. Founding cohort tuition applies to Summer 2027 only.
Founding Cohort · Summer 2027
$9,950
[DEPOSIT AMOUNT] deposit reserves your seat
- 8 weeks of online LSAT and admissions instruction
- Placement on a UC Irvine law faculty research team
- 2-week in-person apprenticeship at UC Irvine
- Evening 1L Preview series
- [HOUSING / MEALS: INCLUDED OR SEPARATE]
FAQ
Questions.
40 seats. Applications are reviewed in order.
Join the founding cohort list. We'll send the full syllabus, faculty lineup, and application link as soon as they open.
Priority deadline: [DATE]