Christopher Lapinig, a Private LSAT Tutor at Juris Education

Christopher is a licensed attorney in both California and New York with over five years of tutoring experience and a personal LSAT score of 176. He holds a JD from Yale Law School and a BA, summa cum laude, from Yale University. He has also served as a law lecturer at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and a Skadden Fellow supporting human trafficking survivors at Asian Americans Advancing Justice–LA.

Prior to attending Yale Law School, Christopher was a Fulbright Research Scholar in the Philippines studying the call center industry. He later clerked for the Honorable Denny Chin of the Second Circuit and the Honorable Lorna G. Schofield of the Southern District of New York—the first Filipino American Article III judge in U.S. history. He has also worked as Legal Counsel at the Campaign Legal Center, Deputy Attorney General with the California DOJ, and now serves as Senior Staff Attorney at the Asian Law Caucus. Christopher is currently pursuing an LLM at McGill University with a focus on international law.

Throughout his educational and legal career, Christopher has been recognized with awards such as the Asian American Cultural Center’s Dean Prize, the American Bar Association Legal Opportunity Scholarship, and the NAPABA Law Foundation Presidential Scholarship. His writing has also been published in Yale Daily News, the New York Times, and The Atlantic.

As an LSAT tutor, Christopher excels at helping students develop strong logical reasoning skills, navigate complex Reading Comprehension passages, and establish efficient, data-driven study plans. His approach emphasizes clarity, structure, and skill-building across all test sections, tailored to students’ individual goals and learning styles.

Some fun facts about Christopher are that he enjoys scuba diving, studying foreign languages, crafting, surfing, and swimming.