Author: Lisa Zimmer Hatch

Scott and Lisa Hatch have prepared students forcollege entrance exams for over 25 years. While in law school inthe late “70s, Scott Hatch taught LSAT preparation coursesthroughout Southern California to pay for his education. He was sogood at it that after graduation, he went out on his own. Usingmaterials he developed himself, he prepared thousands of anxiouspotential test-takers for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, LSAT, GRE, and GMAT. Years ago, Lisa took one of Scott”s LSAT preparation coursesat the University of Colorado and improved her love life as well asher LSAT score. Lisa”s love for instructing and writingallowed her to fit right in with Scott”s lifestyle, teachingcourses and preparing course materials. They married shortlythereafter. Since then, Scott and Lisa have taught test preparation to studentsworldwide. Currently over 300 universities and colleges offer theircourses online and through live lectures, and the Hatches havewritten the curriculum for both formats. The company they havebuilt together, the Center for Legal Studies, provides not onlystandardized test preparation courses but also courses for thosewho desire careers in the field of law, including paralegals, legalsecretaries, legal investigators, victim advocates, and legal nurseconsultants. Scott has presented standardized test preparation courses since1979. He is listed in Who”s Who in California and Who”s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, and he was named one of the Outstanding Young Menof America by the United States Jaycees. He was a contributingeditor to The Judicial Profiler (Mc Graw-Hill) and the Colorado Law Annotated (West/Lawyers Co-op) series, and hewas editor of several award-winning publications. He received hisundergraduate degree from the University of Colorado and his Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law. Lisa has been teaching legal certificate and standardized testpreparation courses since 1987. She graduated with honors in English from the University of Puget Sound, and she received hermaster”s degree from California State University. She and Scott have co-authored numerous law and standardized test texts, including Paralegal Procedures and Practices, published by West Thomson Publishing, and SAT II U.S. History For Dummies, SAT II Biology For Dummies, SAT II Math For Dummies, and Paralegal Career For Dummies, published by Wiley Publishing.