Fewer Jobs for New JDs (Ep. 466)
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Recent law school graduates have benefited from a hot hiring market, but there are signs that the market might be cooling off. Nathan and Ben consider the implications for future law students. Later, the guys affirm the importance of applying early. They discuss prediction strategy for Must Be True questions. And they advise students not to flag questions on timed sections.
1:02 - Legal Hiring Slows
Law firm recruiting just hit an 11-year low. But a slowdown in legal hiring shouldn’t affect your decision to attend law school.
9:38 - Application Timing
How late is too late to apply? Ben and Nathan invite listener Sammy to ask a better question: When is the best time to apply?
18:24 - Creative Predictions
Must Be True questions are no place to flex your creativity. Nathan and Ben instruct listener Cleo to pick the boring, obvious answer on these and other closed question types.
28:59 - Don’t Flag Questions
The guys explain why flagging questions to revisit later might sabotage your score on timed sections.
37:08 - Pearls vs. Turds
Is there any value in combining the hardest questions from multiple LR sections into extra-difficult “supersets”?
42:25 - GPA Boost
An anonymous listener considers a costly means of boosting their UGPA.
48:50 - Gaining Confidence
An anonymous listener struggles with low confidence on “actual test day.” Nathan and Ben encourage Anonymous to draw confidence from their practice tests, all of which were actual LSATs.
1:00:46 - Word of the Week
Let your LSAT be a bulwark against law school debt.