The Bar vs. the LSAT (Ep. 308)

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

The LSAT and the bar are the two most consequential tests that an aspiring lawyer will take. Your LSAT score factors enormously in determining where you will go to law school and how much you will pay for it. Then, after you spend three years earning a JD, the bar exam determines whether you will be permitted to use your degree and to practice law. But they are very different tests: One gauges a student’s command of critical reading and reasoning skills. The other rewards an ability to memorize and regurgitate large amounts of information. You can probably guess which test Ben and Nathan think is the better indicator of future success in legal practice. On this week’s episode, the guys discuss how much merit the bar exam has and weigh in on one state’s recent proposal to drop the requirement. They also reveal the solution to the brainteaser from episode 306, evaluate a Pearls vs. Turds candidate, and respond to a whole lot of listener mail. Read more on our website!

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0:00.0	If you're offended by the words on this podcast, you'll be mortified by the words in the legal profession.
0:07.0	Hello and welcome to episode 308 of the Thinking El-Sat podcast.
0:15.0	Today on the show we talked about a lot of things.
0:19.0	We finally wrapped up an answer to your light bulb brain teaser.
0:23.0	Yeah, the brain teaser has been solved, not by Ben,
0:26.2	but by other people who wrote into the show.
0:29.2	We had a Pearls versus Tirds on a pretty in-depth test day routine, warm-up routine.
0:39.9	We talked about whether that was a good idea or a bad idea. We had a whole bunch of stuff from the email.
0:46.7	Who is and who is not considered a U.R. M. What else did we talk about?
0:51.3	We got an update from Mary about her 16 point jump
0:57.6	in Elside score, which then put a hold on her score,
1:00.6	right?
1:00.8	Yeah, that weird mysterious hold that happened to June exams does at least anecdotally seem to be related to people who increased their score a lot.
1:10.0	Yep. We talked about the bar, how it's a scam.
1:15.0	We did.
1:17.0	And just a whole bunch of other stuff from the mail bag.
1:21.0	Cool.
1:22.0	All right, well, this will air on Monday, July 26th
1:24.8	The August L-Sats coming up in a few weeks here on starting on Saturday August 14th
1:32.1	The deadline for the October L-SAT is Wednesday Saturday, August 14th.
1:32.6	The deadline for the October Elsat is Wednesday, October 25th.
1:38.4	Which means scores for August will not be out before you have to register for the October exam.
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