our team
“Matt is a wizard. With his help, I aced the LSAT and got into almost every law school to which I applied. After starting at Yale Law School, I knew that Matt was at the top of my list of people to thank for helping me get there.”
Elizabeth
B.A., University of Texas at Austin
J.D., Yale
“I had hoped to work with an LSAT instructor who would make learning the test bearable. But Matt did better than that: he made it fun. His wit, enthusiasm, and deep knowledge of the test kept me interested (and perhaps more importantly, awake). Matt always seemed personally invested in my success. Largely because of his help, I was able to earn admission to the law school of my dreams.”
David
B.A., Florida International University
J.D., Harvard
Matt
Matt has been coaching LSAT students to their personal-best scores for more than a decade.
Before founding Sidecar, he wrote and edited LSAT lessons and textbook chapters for the largest test-prep company in the world, and was a writer and classroom instructor at one of the more respected LSAT boutiques.
He holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and recently won a Bud Light T-shirt at a bar trivia night.
Official LSAT score: 177
“Zach always goes out of his way to make sure you understand the concepts. He definitely goes above and beyond for you and genuinely cares for your success.”
Melissa
“Without Zach, I would've never been able to get through all those daunting logic game sections, nor the vast sea of diagram filled LR sections. He is an energetic powerhouse of LSAT knowledge who is always there for you when you have questions.”
Claudia
“I had the pleasure to learn the LSAT from Zach. He is without a question an amazing, well qualified, and above all knowledgeable instructor.”
Alan
Zach
Zach claims to have sprung full-born from Zeus’ head. He blames the Greek god, who famously favors the life of the mind over the profane pleasures of the flesh, for encouraging him to get a philosophy degree.
When he isn’t pondering "the big questions” or helping students get into law school (he has years of experience in live and online LSAT instruction), Zach debases himself by playing professional poker.
Official LSAT score: 170
Pooja
Pooja majored in psychology and economics at Yale, where she was City Editor at the Yale Daily News.
After graduating, she moved to New York, where she worked in sports marketing and interned at Manhattan’s Legal Aid Society. She briefly attended Harvard Law School before returning to full-time work as a journalist.
In her spare time, she enjoys wandering around bookstores and watching old sitcoms.
Official LSAT score: 177
Priya
Priya is a graduate of the mysterious Plan II program at the University of Texas, and is currently a JD candidate at the University of Chicago.
Official LSAT score: 169