Ep. 261: Transferring with 2L Kelly Buckley

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

If you’re a longtime listener, then you know that transferring can be a way to leverage a strong 1L performance into a more prestigious school. That’s just what GW transfer student and current 2L, Kelly Buckley did. After her 1L year at Catholic University, Kelly made the rounds, collected recommendations from current instructors, assessed her options, and transferred to GW. Kelly talks about her 1L experience and offers advice to law-school hopefuls, and shares the details of what it was like to transfer from a school outside the top 100 law schools to a school ranked 23rd in the country. Plus, Nathan and Ben answer questions about LG strategy, LR strategy, whether or not to write a GPA addendum, and whether a part-time program will set you up for a successful career in the law. Read more on our website!

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0:00.0	Hello and
0:05.0	welcome to episode 261 of the Thinking Else that Podcast in State Line Nevada Nevada I'm Nathan Fox with me and
0:13.7	Ben Olson Ben here in the woods somewhere here by the lake where are you yeah
0:17.9	I'm in Warm Springs Virginia I think I can't remember the name of the lake but it's
0:22.4	really nice it's, which is not always the case with the lakes I've been to in Virginia.
0:28.0	I like the wood paneling you have there on the wall behind you. That's very rustic. It's nice. And Kelly Buckley, who is a GW2L transfer, Kelly,
0:40.8	your home for the semester though in Wisconsin?
0:43.3	Yes, that's right.
0:44.6	Welcome to the show.
0:45.6	Kelly, we're going to get to an interview with Kelly
0:47.9	about her one-l year and application process,
0:51.0	transfer application process, what it's like to be a 2L virtually going to law school and
0:58.8	COVID times.
1:00.0	We've also got a Pearl versus Turd with a logic games tip. We have a question about going
1:06.0	part-time or not. We have a question about whether to write an addendum for a last semester GPA drop and we have an update from Gap Year Curious Beth.
1:20.0	The show is gonna air Monday, August 31st.
1:24.0	If you're hearing this, you are on the launch date.
1:28.0	It's in the middle right now of the August El-Sat Flex testing week.
1:33.5	Good luck everybody.
1:35.7	Couple upcoming dates that are important.
1:37.7	September 23rd is the deadline
1:40.5	to register for the November, L-SAT, again ridiculously far in advance of the actual
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