Episode 85: La La Law

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2017

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

An update from musician-turned-future-lawyer Peter notifies the guys that, despite their best efforts to dissuade him, he did indeed apply to Temple Law School with his 164 LSAT score. The good news is that Peter was accepted with a full-ride scholarship. The bad news is that Peter still is wondering whether he should retake the LSAT and reapply to get offers to higher ranking programs. At first, Nathan and Ben disagree on the merits of waiting, but they soon devise a solution that could satisfy everyone. (1:46)

Nathan and Ben discuss La La Land. (14:06)

Nathan and Ben discuss La La Land. (17:20)

Nathan reveals his surprising new pastime that makes his mom nervous and Ben intrigued. (18:10)

“Thad hominem,” a 34-year-old actor who is starting law school in the fall, is wondering whether he should sign up for a 1L prep program before classes begin. Ben is skeptical of the worth of these programs and recommends a few books for Thad to check out instead, including Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams. Nathan wants Thad to get his ducks in a row by finishing home projects, seeing friends, and getting fresh air and exercise before the law school walls close around him. (24:10)

Adam, a carpenter with a degree in journalism from Auburn, is registered for the Kaplan course to prepare for his first LSAT attempt in June. He has also been talking to lawyers, using Kaplan’s online study tools, and listening faithfully to the Thinking LSAT Podcast. Adam wants ideas on what else he can do to round out his application and input on whether he needs to switch from his carpentry job to something in the legal field. (34:10)

We continue working through the June 2007 LSAT with Logical Reasoning Section 3, Question 19, a strengthen question. To play at home, just download the free test; work through Section 3, Question 19; and listen in as we discuss the solution. (47:00)

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 85 of the Thinking El-Sat podcast. This is Ben Olson in Washington, D.C. and
0:17.6	Nathan Fox.
0:18.6	Yeah, how you doing, man? I'm in sunny Los Angeles. We've been stuck in rain for weeks now, but today the sun is out. I'm about to this afternoon
0:28.8	Get on my new cruiser style bicycle that I bought. Okay.
0:33.3	You know, the old school kind with just only like the coaster brakes?
0:36.0	Um, cool.
0:38.1	No, not super familiar with that, but yeah.
0:40.8	Well, you know, not hand brakes, but just you put the pedals backward and that's the breaks.
0:45.0	Oh, okay, yeah, yeah.
0:46.0	And I'm going to go with a friend and bike down to Venice Beach,
0:52.0	and Santa Monica Beach, and everything everything so I'm excited about this afternoon.
0:55.8	Yeah.
0:56.8	Nice that the sun finally came out.
0:57.8	Yeah it's been unseasonably warm here it's like 60 out so that's everybody's outside and enjoying it.
1:06.8	Well today we have some emails as always and we'll probably get to a logical reasoning question as well.
1:17.0	One email is from Peter who emailed us earlier about leaving a music career.
1:24.4	We then have Thad who is a non-traditional student
1:27.5	seeking some application advice, of course.
1:30.0	And then we have Adam, who is signed up for a Kaplan class and doing some stuff before class and wondering what else he can do.
1:40.0	So without further ado, let's jump into Peter.
1:46.0	Peter emailed us earlier and basically got in the like 164, right,
1:51.5	and was wondering whether he should apply this cycle or wait until next
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