Should You Go to Law School? (Ep. 340)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2022
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
It takes a “special type of crazy” to really enjoy doing the work of a lawyer. Make sure you know what you’re getting yourself into before deciding to embark on a three-year quest for a JD. This week’s episode is all about shedding light on what it takes to be successful as a lawyer. Ben and Nathan dive into the listener mailbag and answer questions about what personality type is best suited to a career in law, how to block out distractions and focus on the LSAT, whether a waitlisted applicant has a shot at earning a scholarship, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast uses words that lawyers don't use in court, |
| 0:03.6 | even though they're thinking them. Hello, and welcome to episode 340 of the Thinking Else that Podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | This will air on Monday, March 7, 2022. |
| 0:21.0 | The next registration deadline is Wednesday, March 16th, and that's for the April |
| 0:25.1 | L-Sat. So not too far off. We also have the March-L-Sat coming right around the corner |
| 0:31.2 | starting later this week. By the way on Tuesday March |
| 0:36.2 | 22nd we're hoping to interview Rachel Gezer say, the author of the law career |
| 0:41.3 | playbook, The Gorilla Guide to Getting a Legal Job you |
| 0:45.3 | actually like. If you have any questions about the legal market or how to get a job in |
| 0:50.5 | the legal market to send your questions to help at thinking |
| 0:53.6 | else at.com before that March 22nd interview. If you haven't already |
| 0:58.5 | joined Nathan's study group, I would it's every other Thursday at 4 p.m. Pacific 7 p.m. Eastern you can ask |
| 1:06.7 | Nathan anything what is that it's an AMA with Nathan |
| 1:11.5 | Yeah, every other week. Yeah, I love it. |
| 1:14.0 | Yeah, it's a good time. |
| 1:15.0 | Definitely come ask me anything you want to know about the L-SAT or law school admissions. |
| 1:20.0 | I will, I promise I'll give it to you straight. |
| 1:23.0 | Yep. |
| 1:24.0 | Cool. |
| 1:25.0 | Today on the show we talked a lot about scholarships. |
| 1:28.0 | We talked about a first generation college student who was being roped into applying as quickly as possible from law school admissions |
| 1:36.8 | folks as well as admissions consultants, which is unfortunate, but that's troubling. |
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