  A recently proposed class of supersymmetric models predicts rather light and
nearly mass-degenerate higgsinos, while the other superparticles are
significantly heavier. In this paper we study the early LHC phenomenology of a
benchmark model of this kind. If the squarks and gluinos, and in particular the
lighter stop, are still light enough to be within reach, then evidence for our
model can be found in hadronic SUSY searches. Moreover, with dedicated searches
it will be possible to distinguish the light higgsino model from generic SUSY
models with a bino LSP. Search channels with b-jets and with isolated leptons
play a crucial role for model discrimination.
