Start Networking Now (Rachel Gezerseh) (Ep. 456)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Nathan are joined again by Rachel Gezerseh, trial attorney and the author of The Law Career Playbook. Rachel previews the new edition of her book, which will include updated recommendations for Zoom interviews and online networking. Later, the guys describe a typical LSAT study schedule, and they explore the multiple benefits of taking a gap year before applying to law school.
0:57 - New LSAT Dates - LSAC announced new registration deadlines and opened registration for the 2024–2025 testing cycle. Find all the important dates at lsat.link/dates.
2:16 - Rachel Gezerseh - Rachel urges future law students to start building their professional network today. She also discusses her teaching role at USC Law. She shares her experience of finding a job in big law after graduating from a regional law school. And she explains how her former career as a documentary filmmaker has benefitted her in her current role as a lawyer.
26:27 - Study Schedule - Nathan and Ben outline a typical weekly study schedule that balances all three sections of the test.
30:42 - Gap Year - Nathan and Ben encourage an anonymous listener to reconsider their K-JD timeline. There are multiple good reasons to take a gap year before applying to law school.
39:34 - Word of the Week - Treat your official LSAT as a quotidian event.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Yes, you want to build your network, you want to get to know lawyers, because that could help you eventually find that job. |
| 0:06.0 | And for students, and I'm talking college students, pre-law students, I'm just going to be frank here. |
| 0:12.0 | You have the most time you will ever have I know it probably |
| 0:14.3 | doesn't feel like it but this is the most time you're ever going to have to be able to do |
| 0:18.0 | these meetings to be able to do this research so you've got to take advantage of it now. Hello and welcome to episode 456 of the Thinking El-Sap Podcast. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Ben Olson with Welcome to episode 456 of the Thinking El-SAP Podcast. |
| 0:33.7 | I'm Ben Olson, with me is Nathan Fox. |
| 0:36.7 | We're the co-founder of El-Sat Demon.com |
| 0:38.8 | and the El-Sat Demon Daily Podcast. |
| 0:41.5 | With us today, we have special guest Rachel Gezerse. Hey Rachel, thanks for joining us. |
| 0:47.1 | I know you have a very busy schedule. If you want to be Elsat famous you can share news and ask questions on our website, thinking |
| 0:54.3 | El-Sat.com. What do we have going on with these test dates, Nathan? |
| 0:59.7 | Well, they just launched, or they just announced the registration deadlines for the upcoming tests. |
| 1:08.0 | So our primary message here is don't register until the deadline, but we now know what the registration deadline is. |
| 1:15.7 | So August 2024, El-SAT registration is June 27th of this year. |
| 1:24.0 | You don't really need to make any decisions |
| 1:25.8 | until June 25th or 26th or so. |
| 1:29.4 | Look at your practice test scores. |
| 1:30.8 | If you're happy with your practice test scores, |
| 1:32.4 | then go ahead and register. If you're not happy with your practice test scores, then don't. |
| 1:37.2 | Next test after that is the September test. Registration deadline for that is July 23rd. |
| 1:43.0 | So again, don't register for that in advance. |
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