Blog & Podcasts

2020 US News Undergraduate Rankings

U.S. News & World Report has released their 2020 Undergraduate Rankings. Below we've charted the change in each of the 2020 top fifty universities ranking from last year!

Explaining Why You’re Applying to Their Law School (The "Why X" Essay)

In this blog post, we will be discussing one type of optional essay, the “Why X” statement, or an essay in which you describe to the law school why you are interested in attending that school in particular.

Mike Spivey's My Rank Top 50 Law Schools

As many of you know, we have spent the past several months developing a tool for prospective law school applicants to create their own customized law school rankings.

July 2019 LSAT Cancel Considerations [results of poll] & September LSAT Registrants

We have our first data update for the September LSAT administration.

Should you submit a GPA Addendum?

This is a particularly tricky question for applicants — and one where we often see that instincts tend to be a good bit off.

On Overcoming Adversity

Anxiety is a huge and growing problem and for many, including law school students applicants, and lawyers. It is also worsened by not knowing how to handle personal setbacks or failure.

Preliminary July LSAT Numbers

LSAC hasn't released final July numbers yet, but they did give a preliminary update and we are now starting to get some real data for this upcoming cycle.

About the USNWR Peer & Lawyer/Judge Scores

These scores should be thought of as not leading the rankings but being led by the rankings.

4 Truths about On-Campus Interviews ("OCI") that Law School Applicants Should Know

Every year at the end of the summer, law schools invite law firms to their campuses to interview students for jobs.

Where the 2020 Presidential Candidates Went to Law School

End of July Law School Application Numbers

We're near the end of the cycle, which means we've got just about 100% of our total applicant and application volume for the 2018-2019 cycle.

Partnership with 'Just The Beginning'

Just The Beginning is a national pipeline organization that serves students from groups that are underrepresented in the legal profession with the goal of inspiring young people to consider careers in law and increasing diversity in the legal profession.

MyRankBySpivey.com has launched!

As of today, we are excited to announce the launch of our newest project, My Rank!

Don't Dox Yourself

I almost beg this of you. Please do not post identifiable information online associated with your law school application ever. It costs multiple people admission every year.

Top 50 Law School Application Opening Dates for the 2019-2020 Cycle

On Elitism in College and Law School

I hope something about this sets in. It's a brief and obscure story, but all too common in college and law school.

August Pre-L Crash Course: Only 2 Spots Available

Our regular Pre-L course is full, but we have decided to offer two spots in an abbreviated Pre-L crash course during the month of August, perfect for learning the techniques to ace your law school courses right before the semester starts.

Ten Things to do After the July LSAT

It's done! Congratulations, you completed the July LSAT — a historic test, the first widespread administration of the new digital format. But what now?

Very early 2019/2020 Law School Admissions Cycle (LSAT volume) Data

We have some updates on June and July LSAT volume. For obvious reasons these numbers are incredibly important in determining how competitive a cycle will be, so we watch them closely.

Dare Greatly

I just finished the Brené Brown talk on Netflix, which if you haven't had the opportunity to watch, I would very much recommend.