Blog & Podcasts

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.

Cycle Data-COVID 19 Edition

We hope everyone is safe and healthy — it's been a crazy couple of months for the world.

Mean Salaries Of First Year Law School Graduates

For the first time ever, The Department of Education has released these figures

"I was totally lost"

How One University is [Successfully] Communicating to Prospective Applicants in the COVID-19 Era

Schools are going to need to try to get ahead of these obvious questions/concerns of next cycle applicants in their marketing strategies and at the same time be preparing for how they will assess students “differently” due to these many factors.

Law School/Law School Admissions COVID-19 Update, April 8, 2020

Please keep in mind that because so much is fluid right now, no one can say for certain where things will be in a few months.

April LSAT cancelled but offered online in May for registrants

Directly from LSAC.

How to Connect with Spivey Consulting

In addition to here on our blog, we post about law school, admissions, and employment on a variety of social media platforms as well.

Will Universities, Colleges, and Law School Campuses Be Open in Fall 2020?

The short answer is that there is no definitive answer yet.

Podcast: How Will Law School Transfer Admissions Be Impacted by COVID-19?

In this podcast, Mike Spivey discusses how COVID-19 and new grading systems will affect law school transfer admissions.

LSAT score restoration ("zombie scores") numbers

This is a first ever, and we are grateful to LSAC for sharing this data with us.

I Spent Two Weeks Speaking with College Students: This Is What I Learned

Uncertainty is on just about everyone’s mind. So, what I learned first and foremost is to listen. Because as students talked more — they often either worked out their own uncertainties, or at the very least were better able to understand them.

When will larger numbers of law school admissions decisions come?

This will be a short but I hope important blog to consider. It's been a notoriously slow admission cycle, and it possibly would have stayed at an equally slow pace until COVID-19 changed things in many dramatic ways.

Breaking News. LSAC officially resurrects canceled scores for test-takers who registered for March or April 2020 LSAT

Directly from LSAC.

LSAC Letter Involving Possible COVID-19 implications and changes