Blog & Podcasts

Podcast: Traits of Law School Applicants Who Outperform Their Numbers

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey discusses commonalities between applicants who punch above their numbers.

July, September, and October LSAT Data

We have some really interesting and jolting data updates for you. I know, I know—jolting LSAT updates? But this one really surprised us.

Digital LSAT Prep and Law School Admissions Q&A

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The simple psychology behind rapid career advancement

In a sense, this is a blog post 25 years in the making.

LSAT Applicants from 2011-2019

While we don't yet have information on the 2019-2020 application cycle (and we should soon), we've gotten some questions about why we care what those numbers look like.

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