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Blog & Podcasts
23 Sep 2021
Podcast: Interview with Penn Law Admissions Dean Renee Post
In this episode, Spivey Consulting's Derek Meeker — a former Penn Law Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid — interviews Renee Post, Penn Law's current and long-standing Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid.
Read full post09 Sep 2021
Law School Application Fee Waivers: Part 3 (Need-Based Fee Waivers)
This is Part 3 of our series on law school application fee waivers. For Part 1 is about unsolicited fee waivers that applicants can receive through LSAC’s Candidate Referral Service (CRS). Part 2 is about asking a law school for an application fee waiver. Part 3 covers need-based fee waivers.
Read full post06 Sep 2021
Podcast: Bad Law School Admissions Advice & More with UMich Law's Dean Z
In this episode, Mike has a conversation with Dean Sarah Zearfoss (also known as "Dean Z") about a number of admissions topics, including the prevalence of bad admissions advice and how to identify and avoid it.
Read full post03 Sep 2021
Interview with Mike Spivey on Admissions Predictions, Imposter Syndrome, and Things Law Schools Could Do Better
Mike Spivey was recently interviewed by Dean Patty Roberts for the EdUp Experience podcast — you can find that episode here.
Read full post03 Sep 2021
Top 8 Most Common Law School Application Mistakes
We were recently asked about the most common mistakes that we see applicants making, and below are our top eight.
Read full post30 Aug 2021
Podcast: The Past & Future of Legal Education, with Reuters Legal Reporter Karen Sloan
In this episode, Mike speaks with long-time legal education reporter Karen Sloan about her experiences and stories and the future of the legal field.
Read full post25 Aug 2021
Podcast: Interview with UChicago Law Admissions Dean Ann Perry
In this podcast episode, Mike interviews the long-time Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid at University of Chicago Law School, Ann Perry.
Read full post21 Aug 2021
Podcast: Interview with Author on Resilience & Former Biglaw Hiring Partner Clint Schumacher
In this podcast, Mike interviews Clint Schumacher — author, podcaster, and former biglaw hiring partner — on resilience in the legal profession, imposter syndrome in law school, what hiring partners look for in applicants, and more.
Read full post18 Aug 2021
Podcast: The Coming Law School Admissions Cycle — Brief Thoughts
In this podcast, Mike provides a brief recap of the historic last cycle (2020–2021) as well as the short version of our best predictions for what's to come this cycle (2021–2022).
Read full post17 Aug 2021
Fall 2021 Law School Medians
If you're here looking for new law school medians, they're in this document!
Read full post07 Aug 2021
Podcast: Interview with Four-Time Olympian & Student Loan Expert Lauryn Williams
In this episode of the Status Check with Spivey, Mike has the opportunity to have a conversation with Lauryn Williams, four-time Olympic athlete and financial advisor with a specialty in student loans.
Read full post05 Aug 2021
Podcast: Law School Admissions 101
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting COO Anna Hicks goes over the basics of law school admissions for those who are at the beginning of their application process and don't know much about how it works yet.
Read full post02 Aug 2021
Will colleges and law schools go remote due to the COVID surge/Delta variant?
It feels like déjà vu all over again as we approach the beginning of the fall semester among talk of novel coronavirus and its impact on in-person learning — this time propagated by the Delta variant surge
Read full post23 Jul 2021
Podcast: Law School Admissions Q&A with Mike Spivey
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting COO Anna Hicks asks Mike some admissions questions from Reddit.
Read full post19 Jul 2021
Should you submit a Diversity Statement for Law School?
Each year, we receive a huge number of questions about when you should include a diversity statement in your application and whether or not your particular identity or experience would warrant submitting such a statement in addition to a personal statement. The answer is not always a simple one.
Read full post17 Jul 2021
Podcast: Recapping the 2020-2021 Law School Admissions Cycle & Predicting the Upcoming Cycle
In this podcast, Mike Spivey is joined by PowerScore founder and CEO Dave Killoran and Spivey Consulting Business Intelligence Director Justin Kane to discuss takeaways from this previous 2020-2021 admissions cycle and to make predictions for the upcoming 2021-2022 cycle.
Read full post06 Jul 2021
Law School Personal Statement Example: First Draft vs. Final Draft
While brainstorming/topic selection is sometimes the most difficult component of the law school personal statement process, even the strongest and most differentiated of stories (as this one is) often need significant conversations with our clients as we work together putting words on paper.
Read full post02 Jul 2021
"One Lawyer Can Change the World" Finalists Announced
The “One Lawyer Can Change the World” Scholarship contest honors ten entering law students who plan to use their law degrees to improve the lives of others.
Read full post02 Jul 2021
August 2021 LSAT + Cycle Data
Registration for the August 2021 LSAT closes today. Right now there are about 33,000 registrants, but we should note that we've been seeing an unusual number of dropouts and/or date switches lately, so that number will probably go down, and perhaps a great deal.
Read full post18 Jun 2021
Podcast: How to Excel Academically in Law School with Harvard 3L Amanda Bello
In this podcast, Mike and Spivey Consulting COO Anna Hicks have a discussion with a current law student who ended her 1L year at Cornell Law in the top 10% of her class and transferred to Harvard Law.
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