Will AI Replace Lawyers? (Ep. 387)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2023
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Is ChatGPT coming for lawyers’ jobs? On this week’s episode, Nathan and Ben speculate on how AI chatbots will affect the legal industry. They imagine profound changes to the ways that lawyers work, and they advise future law students to familiarize themselves with this new and vital tool. Later, the guys warn undergrads against studying for the LSAT while in school, discuss the pitfalls of highlighting in Reading Comprehension, and hawk Demon swag.
0:38 - ChatGPT - Listener Amy wonders how chatbots like ChatGPT will affect the legal profession. Ben and Nathan believe that AI may take over many rote tasks, like document review, but that it will never completely replace human lawyers.
19:38 - Getting to 175 - Demon student Daniel scored 170 on the June LSAT after taking only two practice tests. Now he has his sights set on a 175 or higher. Nathan and Ben think Daniel can reach his goal if he’s willing to put in the work and take the test multiple times.
23:57 - Studying While in Undergrad - The guys warn listeners Cassidy and Jack not to let the LSAT distract them from getting straight A’s.
27:54 - Highlighting on RC - Listener Caleb shares his thoughts on the highlighter tool for Reading Comprehension passages. Ben and Nathan maintain that the highlighter is a distraction for most students.
39:46 - Comparing Full Rides - Nathan and Ben evaluate listener Nick’s full-ride scholarship offers from Drexel and the University of Missouri. Should better job prospects at one school outweigh a lower cost of living at the other? The guys advise Nick not to let a relatively small amount of money sway his decision.
45:35 - Regional Law Schools - Demon student Conor asks about the value of attending a prestigious out-of-state school as opposed to a lower-ranked regional school. Ben and Nathan think that it depends on what those schools will cost. They double down on their advice to apply broadly.
50:26 - Fulbright Disclosure? - Demon student and law school applicant A just found out that they’re a semi-finalist for a Fulbright award. Should they disclose this to law schools? Nathan and Ben debate the pros and cons of sharing this conflict before it’s a sure thing.
56:49 - Tax Law - Listener “Tax Guy” wants to add a JD to his CPA designation. Ben and Nathan discuss the lucrative field of tax law.
1:00:39 - Study Schedule - Demon student Nate asks how to split his time between drilling, timed sections, and practice tests. The guys recommend their One-Hour LSAT study schedule.
1:05:40 - Merch - Nathan and Ben poke around the new UC Law San Francisco merch store and invite listeners to pick up LSAT Demon swag.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 387 of the Thinking Elsat Podcast, I'm Nathan Fox. With me is Ben Olson. We're the co-founder of |
| 0:13.8 | Elsat demon.com and the Elsat demon daily podcast. You can be Elsat famous share |
| 0:19.1 | news and ask questions on our website thinking Elsat.com. The show is going to air on Monday, January 30th. |
| 0:26.0 | That means that two days from now, Wednesday, February 1st, is the score release date for the January |
| 0:31.9 | L-sat. We would love it if you tell us how you did. |
| 0:34.8 | You can do that at thinking Elsat.com. |
| 0:38.6 | We got an email here from Amy about chat gee. |
| 0:45.3 | You must be loving this, Ben, |
| 0:46.5 | you've been looking at chat geepty. |
| 0:48.0 | I've still been unable to get onto it ever. |
| 0:50.7 | I signed up for their alerts, like email me if chat gpet is available. |
| 0:55.2 | Oh really? I have gotten no such alerts and every time I've tried it said no. |
| 1:00.5 | No. Yeah we run into that a lot, but my kids are constantly trying to get on there to do their homework. |
| 1:07.6 | Maybe I shouldn't have said that, but that's, yeah, that's where they're going. |
| 1:11.6 | I think they use it as a tool, hopefully. But in any case, hi, Ben and Nathan, I just finished watching the CBS Sunday morning segment on chat, gPT, of the professions predicted to be greatly affected |
| 1:26.2 | by this artificial intelligence, lawyers were the first ones mentioned. |
| 1:32.0 | That's not surprising to me at all. |
| 1:33.2 | I mean, the lawyers are doing a lot of writing. |
| 1:37.0 | And so it would be foolish for you to be an attorney |
| 1:40.4 | and not leverage this kind of tool as it gets better and better. |
| 1:45.0 | Save all that time drafting and let chat, |
| 1:51.0 | gPT do it and then you can tweak it. |
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