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Thinking LSAT

Episode 92: Student loan relief lawyer Jay Fleischman

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8868 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2017

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Alert! Today’s show notes were written by Nathan, so don’t be surprised if you find them saltier and less amusing than Andi’s usual sweetness and light. 

Our first email comes from “George Town,” a fourth-time LSAT adventurer, on how to prep when you’ve already been at it for a year or more.(10:30)

The discussion edges into spoiler territory as we discuss the fourth logic game from PrepTest 80–the one with the buildings. Just because it’s unfamiliar doesn’t mean it’s hard! “You just slow down and THINK about what they’re talking about,” says Ben. Nathan can’t say it better himself, but that doesn’t stop him from trying. (19:20)

Ben talks about a near miss in class. He had dismissed a correct answer too quickly, but did that mean he would go on to miss the question? Hell no. He has high standards, and he wasn’t about to pick a wrong answer. “It’s like I had a safeguard, like I had two ways of getting to the answer,” says Ben. (27:35)

Ben offers a quick tip about Reading Comprehension from Justice Alito, which kicks off some scintillating discussions about everybody’s favorite LSAT section. (32:40)

Want to do us a bigass favor? Good. Give us a rating and/or review on iTunes. Please? (40:15)

“Bertha” checks in with an idea she read about doing 30-minute sections instead of 35, to which Ben and Nathan both offer a hard “no.” She also asks about taking the LSAT in stressful and/or loud places. Again, the guys say no. There’s lots of bad advice out there, y’all! Be careful who you trust; CRBS is everywhere. Next we talk about caffeine, chocolate brownies, bacon, and the LSAT. (42:05)

Finally, Jay Fleischmann Esq. joins the show to talk about student debt, an exploding area of law. Jay practices consumer relief law in Pasadena at Shaev & Fleischman, LLP. He hosts The Student Loan Show (the podcast about student loans) and trains lawyers about this growing practice area via his Student Loan Law Workshop(“Where Smart Lawyers Learn About Student Loan Law”). (1:00:55)

Hey, just a reminder: If you’re looking for an online LSAT prep course, we’ve got you covered. Check out Ben’s 100-Hour Online LSAT Course or Nathan’s Fox LSAT On Demand. Nathan has a free trial LSAT course, where you can see if his teaching style works for you. Ben also offers his own free LSAT lesson.

Got questions you’d like us to answer in a future podcast? Send us an email at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @thinkinglsat and tweet us a question!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to episode 92 of the Thinking El-Sat podcast in Los Angeles.

0:13.0

I'm Nathan Fox and with me in Washington, D.C. Ben Olson.

0:17.0

Ben, how is springtime on the East Coast?

0:22.0

Uh, it's a little cold actually, but it's, I like that, so it's nice.

0:27.0

You're going to make it to any like baseball games this year?

0:30.0

Anything like that?

0:31.0

You ever take the kids out?

0:32.0

No, I only go if like a lot of family members are going and I am sort of compelled by the

0:40.8

momentum of the event to go.

0:42.5

I really don't see the interest in baseball.

0:45.1

It's such a slow sport.

0:46.6

I know that's theoretical, probably to some people,

0:50.4

but just the whole hey, about, thing is just yeah puts me to sleep.

0:58.0

Yeah well you and everyone else who didn't grow up like playing little league baseball you know you got to be like

1:04.3

really into it I think to be into it yeah I'm gonna make it to a couple of games this

1:08.2

year but I don't go that many when I was a kid I did play Little League for a little while.

1:13.0

Oh yeah and I was a pitcher actually but yeah I just I was mainly doing sports because

1:20.0

everyone else was and not that I have anything against it but I think I

1:26.7

enjoyed soccer the most and even then I still don't watch it. So.

1:33.0

I actually watched the whole Dodgers game last night because my man,

1:38.0

Clayton Kershaw was pitching, who is the best pitcher in all of Major League Baseball.

1:43.0

And the Dodgers were playing the Giants, which is their big rival.

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