September 21, 2026
A listener currently in school who can only study once or twice a week asks whether infrequent studying is worse than not studying at all. Ben and Nathan explain that intermittent studying can still be beneficial, as long as it doesn’t come at the expense of your grades. For students still in school, GPA comes first.
Also in this episode:
- Aaminah joins the show to talk about Crushing 1L
- Harvard Law moves up its big law recruiting timeline
- Does law school prestige matter for a public interest job
0:00 Crushing 1L with the Demon
9:36 Layoffs at George Washington Law
15:40 Harvard Law School Moves Recruiting Timeline
25:29 Test D Question — Bar Prep
36:00 The One Question Study Plan
41:01 Public Interest Career Goals
49:29 Skills & Interests Resume Section
53:43 Word of the Week — deleterious
1:00:11 Email of the Week