Blog & Podcasts

University, College, and Law School COVID-19 Update & An Alternative Model

COVID-19 isn't going anywhere in the near future, yet only 3 law schools and only 8% of universities and colleges have announced they will be entirely remote for fall 2020.

Podcast: Academics, Athletics, and COVID-19

Mike was asked by a rivals.com affiliate to speak about higher education as it relates to the upcoming fall athletic season.

Pro Bono LSAT Coaching

We are excited to announce that we are facilitating free LSAT coaching this summer for low-income and underrepresented minority students.

GRE vs. LSAT in the rankings

Despite being a few years into those scores factoring into the methodology, there remains a great deal of confusion about how exactly GRE scores stack up to LSAT scores when calculating law school rankings.

Podcast: Recession Job Search Tips You Won’t Hear from Career Services

Mike Spivey served as a law school dean of career services during the Great Recession, and in this podcast he shares actionable advice for legal networking that you won't hear from your CSO.

Spivey Consulting Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter

Podcast: Harvard Law Goes Fully Remote for Fall 2020. Will Other Law Schools Follow Suit and What It Means for Applicants

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder Mike Spivey discusses Harvard Law School's recent announcement that all classes will be held fully remotely for Fall 2020 — what does it mean for other law schools, for international students, the ABA, and current applicants?

Early 2020-2021 Cycle Data

As June begins, we're coming up on the close of the 2019-2020 application cycle and the start of 2020-2021.

What law schools do legal academics come from?

A guest poster combined the spreadsheets from the 2012-2020 PrawfsBlawg "entry level hiring report" series and did a post based on the results which he then gave us permission to blog.

LSAT Numbers this cycle

We don't have final May LSAT Flex numbers yet, but 2019-2020 is going to be down in both total registrants and first timers compared to last year.

60-Second Commencement Speech for the Class of 2020: The Road Ahead

The Bimodal Salary Of Starting Lawyers

Too few applicants know this — this is actually what starting salaries look like for those right out of law school.

Predicting the COVID-19 Summer Of Law School Waitlist Movement

Early in my admissions career, a former boss of mine would often use the following Niels Bohr quote when speaking of law school admissions: “prediction is difficult, especially when it involves the future.”

Spivey Consulting Capacity Update

A few quick updates we wanted to share.

Schools are now confirming in large numbers they will be open. What questions did we not answer?

As I write this, the Texas Tech President is being interviewed by CNN on how they plan on opening on campus, which is remarkably similar to how we described in our most recent podcast a few days ago.

Podcast: Universities, Colleges, and Law Schools Plan to Be Open On Campus This Fall

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder and higher education expert Mike Spivey discusses the plans universities are making to resume on-campus operations this fall, as well as challenges to those plans from the medical community.

What is most predictive of first-time bar success?

We posed this question on Twitter.

List of Colleges Who Have Commented on Reopening Plans

We will have an update on how we project things will unfold by May 4th.

A Brief LSAT Volume Update

June 2020 LSAT registration has officially closed, and we wanted to take a quick look at some registration volume.

Deferring in the age of COVID-19

As we look further into the summer and fall at the possible ways our world could change in the face of continued social distancing, we are receiving more and more questions about deferring admission to law school for a year.