Recent Episodes

Josh and Nate react to a Reddit post with a rare pearl of wisdom: Read the argument first.

Nate and Josh give their thoughts on a list of "tips" for getting into law school.

Isabella is worried because her most recent practice test score was 12 points lower than a recent high practice score. Nate and Josh tell her practice scores will vary and advocate focusing on the questions instead of the score at the end.

Listener Xavier is an aspiring law student who wants to pursue solely pro bono work. Ben and Nate tackle his unusual aspirations and answer his question about hybrid JDs.

Nate and Ben go over what we can, and can't, know about how competitive next year's admissions cycle will be.

A former Education Department official wrote a piece in the New York Times entitled, "Early Decision is a Racket. Shut It Down." Ben and Nathan apply his takeaways to law school admissions.

Demon student Connor shares how following his practice scores and studying the Demon way took him from a 150 diagnostic score to a 174.

A defeated listener writes in wondering where to go after three disappointing LSAT attempts. Nate and Josh encourage her to power through and use all five attempts if law school is what she wants to do.

A new Demon user writes in wondering why he's seeing so much RC. Josh and Nate point him in a different direction and tell him to set aside more time to study.

Listener Rel wants to know how reapplying with a higher LSAT score might affect her admissions chances. Nate and Josh tell her a better score generally won't hurt.

Ben and Nate go through how to solve Sufficient Assumption questions.

Ben and Nate walk a listener through how to respond to an email from a law school that wants to know how likely she is to attend if admitted.

Nate and Ben tell a non-traditional applicant with a self-proclaimed "atrocious" GPA that, with the right LSAT, he could be admitted with a scholarship as a splitter.

Nate and Josh caution listener Brendan about highlighting in RC and encourage him to instead focus on engaging with and understanding the passage.

Listener Brian is already above his target school's 75th percentile LSAT score. Nate and Josh tell him to keep going because schools can raise their scores from year to year.