Welcome to elleSAT!
elleSAT specializes in working with
neurodiverse and non-traditional
law school applicants.
Our Story
Women, on average, score lower than men on the LSAT, even though they earn higher GPAs in college. There’s a pronounced difference between the number of men and women scoring above 170 on the LSAT too.
Most commercially available LSAT study material is created by men. Could this be a contributing factor to this persistent gender gap? We wondered. So, we started elleSAT: a women-led tutoring company founded by and for first-generation, minoritized, and low-income students.
Every tutor on this site is an independent professional, hand-selected for their knowledge of the LSAT and proven commitment to diversifying the legal profession by providing affordable, inclusive, customized learning experiences for a broad array of students.
While we enjoy working with students of all identities and backgrounds, we approach the LSAT from an unapologetically femme perspective that frequently resonates with people who identify as women. After transitioning to law school, we are proud that elleSAT continues to connect aspiring law students with industry-leading independent tutors.
All tutors work with fee waiver students on a sliding scale, space-available basis — please inquire!
Van Tran and Anita Kinney, Co-Founders Emeritus
Meet the Tutors
Jenna Browning, 172, $120/hr
Jenna, the LSAT Yogi, is an experienced LSAT instructor with over four years of tutoring experience. Thousands of tutoring hours have taught her that every student has the ability to improve their LSAT score. Many of her students have gone on to attend top law schools, including Harvard and Yale, and received life-changing scholarships.
Jenna attended NYU Law School and practiced as a litigator at a New York firm for over six years. After leaving the practice of law, she became a certified yoga and meditation instructor and spent several years studying in India and around the world. The insights that she has gained from these experiences prfoundly shapes her approach to tutoring. Notably, she specializes in supporting students who struggle with test anxiety.
Kerry Monroe, 177, $120/hr
Kerry, the LSAT Maven, is an experienced LSAT tutor, with over 5,000 hours preparing students for the exam. Her students are attending or have graduated from a wide variety of law schools, including Yale, Harvard, Columbia, UVA, and many more. Kerry
She earned a 177 on the LSAT and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 2010. She practiced in Washington, D.C. before pursuing an M.A. in Law at Yale University. Both her practice and academic work have focused on issues of Media Law and the First Amendment. Kerry has also taught First Amendment as an adjunct law school professor and provides private law school and bar tutoring online and in the Detroit metropolitan area.
Kerry has worked with students with a wide range of learning differences, including legally blind students with a scribe accommodation.
Meet the Founders
Anita and Van founded elleSAT in 2020 to create the LSAT tutoring and law school application support service that they needed as non-traditional students. Along the way, they connected with other law students and independent tutors who share their commitment to diversifying the legal profession by reducing financial barriers to law school.
elleSAT has grown into a thriving hub for independent tutors and is now managed by Kerry Monroe and Alicia Slader. Anita and Van continue to meet individually with students on a limited basis as they focus on their legal education and careers.
Anita Kinney, 177, $120/hr
Anita worked full-time at a leading management consulting company while studying for the LSAT and applying to law school. She raised her score from the low 140s to 177 in just over three months with the help of a tutor. The LSAT allowed Anita to overcome her underwhelming college GPA (she also worked as an undergraduate), and she views the test as an equalizer for other nontraditional and underrepresented students.
A trained librarian, she enjoys assigning supplemental material to her students to help them improve on reading comprehension. To this end, she runs elleSAT’s newsletter. She is pursuing her JD at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Van Tran, 175, $120/hr
Perfect LG Scorer (December 2022)
Van has worked exclusively as a test prep tutor since graduating from Stanford University with her BA and MA in English. She was rated as a Top 10% tutor on Wyzant in 2020.
After working for several test prep companies, Van launched elleSAT because of her passion for educational equity, which stems from her experiences growing up in a low-income family. A native Texan, Van is thrilled to be attending the University of Texas School of Law on a full-tuition scholarship. She was also admitted to Stanford Law School and was a finalist for NYU’s AnBryce Scholarship.