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Read full postWill Universities, Colleges, and Law School Campuses Be Open in Fall 2020?
The short answer is that there is no definitive answer yet.
Read full postPodcast: 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.
Read full postLSAT score restoration ("zombie scores") numbers
This is a first ever, and we are grateful to LSAC for sharing this data with us.
Read full postI 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.
Read full postWhen 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.
Read full postPodcast: Update on COVID-19 / Coronavirus & Law School Admissions
Just a quick update from Mike Spivey on how the continuously developing situation with COVID-19 / coronavirus is impacting — and will continue to impact — law school admissions.
Read full post2021 USNWR Law School Rankings: This Year vs. Last Year
Plus/minuses for this year's law school rankings vs. last.
Read full postWhy Colleges and Graduate Schools are Closing Their Doors So Quickly for the Coronavirus / COVID-19, and Why That's a Good Thing for You (or Your Children)
I had a conversation with a college freshman the other day who was on his way home from school – on account of his school cancelling all classes and asking all students to be out by a certain day. Understandably, he was irate.
Read full postUSNWR Rankings: Explaining Some of the Change, Inflation, & the Mechanics of Frustration
By now all law schools have their new, 2021 U.S. News and World Report rankings, and as always, reactions will be mixed.
Read full postAdmitted Students Weekends are being cancelled for COVID-19. How should you choose a law school without them?
Over the weekend, we learned of several law schools that have changed their plans for Admitted Students Days/Weekends due to concerns over Coronavirus/COVID-19.
Read full postSpivey Consulting Group COVID-19 Update on the Impact to Law School Admissions
We continue to be asked from a variety of directions, both from schools and from applicants, about how COVID-19 (Coronavirus) will impact law schools, particularly as it relates to law school admissions.
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