Ep. 227: Fixing Law Schools with Professor Ben Barton

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Nathan and Ben sit down with Ben Barton, JD—professor of law at the University of Tennessee Knoxville—to discuss his new book, Fixing Law Schools: From Collapse to the Trump Bump and Beyond. Tune in for a sweeping conversation about the state of law schools and law-school admissions practices today, over the past decade, and the past century. The guys discuss predatory admissions behaviors, what to consider when applying to law school, how to set yourself up for your best legal career, and, of course, how to not pay for law school. Read more on our website!

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0:00.0	Thank you. of the Thinking Elseat Podcast in Los Angeles.
0:12.5	I'm Nathan Fox.
0:13.8	With me in Vienna, Virginia is Ben Olson.
0:16.4	How you doing Ben?
0:17.4	Doing great.
0:18.4	Awesome.
0:19.4	We have a guest with us today.
0:21.4	Where exactly are you? We got Professor Ben Barton with us. Ben, where are you?
0:27.0	Beautiful Knoxville, Tennessee. Nice. How's the weather in Knoxville today?
0:32.0	Sunny and 50 degrees.
0:34.0	Oh, beautiful.
0:35.0	And I have a reason to be very pro- Knoxville.
0:38.0	Do you want to hear why?
0:39.0	Sure.
0:40.0	My wife was elected mayor of Knoxville just this fall.
0:43.6	Wow.
0:44.6	Isn't that crazy?
0:45.6	Congratulations.
0:46.6	Yeah, no for sure.
0:47.4	I'm the first gentleman.
0:49.2	Excellent.
0:51.0	Is this, she had a previous political career before that I imagine.
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