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Blog & Podcasts
24 Apr 2024
Podcast: What Are Your Chances Off the Waitlist?
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike discusses the various factors that play into any given applicant's chances of admission coming off the waitlist. He also gives a quick preview of our (very early) predictions for next cycle.
Read full post15 Apr 2024
Podcast: Transferring Law Schools—Strategy & Process with Two Successful Applicants
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Anna Hicks-Jaco has a conversation with Spivey consultant Paula Gluzman and two 2Ls who transferred to Columbia and Harvard (respectively) about the transfer admissions process and strategy.
Read full post09 Apr 2024
Podcast: The New 2024 Law School Rankings Explained
In this brief episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike discusses the changes U.S. News made to their methodology this year.
Read full post09 Apr 2024
U.S. News Law School Rankings: 2024 vs. 2023 (+/-)
With the embargo lifted at 12:01 ET today, here are the full U.S. News law school rankings.
Read full post03 Apr 2024
New U.S. News Top 25 Law Schools 2024-2025 (with +/-)
Here are the new 2024-2025 U.S. News top 25 law schools.
Read full post03 Apr 2024
Podcast: The New LSAT & The Elimination of Logic Games, with PowerScore's Dave Killoran
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Anna Hicks-Jaco has a conversation with PowerScore Founder & CEO Dave Killoran about the removal of the Logic Games section of the LSAT, the new writing section, and what all this might mean for the future of the law school admissions.
Read full post21 Mar 2024
Law School "Gap Years," Work Experience, & Admissions Strategy
For several years now, the focus of law school admissions offices has been trending more and more toward employability. What does this mean for law school admissions strategy?
Read full post20 Mar 2024
Podcast: First-Gen Students - What We Wish We'd Known as Applicants, Law Students, & Young Lawyers
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, five Spivey consultants discuss their experiences as first-generation college students, law students, and lawyers, with a particular focus on passing along advice and knowledge that they wish they had known.
Read full post19 Mar 2024
Know Your Law School Deposit Deadlines
Updated with 2024 seat deposit deadlines for all ABA-accredited law schools.
Read full post04 Mar 2024
Podcast: Why Rankings Matter to People (& Why They Should Not)
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike discusses some of the psychological and societal reasons that rankings seem to matter so much to people—then explains the reasons that they shouldn't matter as much as they do.
Read full post26 Feb 2024
Podcast: International Students—Differences in Law School Admissions + Our Best Advice
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, we discuss differences in the admissions process for international applicants, how law school admissions has changed for international students over time, and our best advice for strategically navigating the current realities of the application process.
Read full post23 Feb 2024
2023-2024 Law School Admissions Cycle Update + Predictions for Waitlist Season
It’s late February, which means that the earliest application deadlines have passed, we’re in the thick of decision-rendering season, and waitlists are starting to come fast and heavy. As such, it’s a good time for a general data update and some predictions on what’s yet to come this cycle.
Read full post14 Feb 2024
Will FAFSA Delays Affect Incoming Law Students?
You may have heard that the Department of Education announced delays in processing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). How will this affect incoming law students?
Read full post12 Feb 2024
Podcast: Law School Admissions Now vs. 10 Years Ago
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Anna has a conversation with Joe Pollak, one of Spivey's consultants and a former admissions officer at the University of Michigan Law School, about differences and similarities in law school admissions today vs. ten years ago.
Read full post08 Feb 2024
The Only 3 Things That Matter on the Waitlist
Being admitted off the waitlist is actually pretty simple—okay, not easy, but simple. There are really only three factors that law schools consider.
Read full post30 Jan 2024
Podcast: The Growing Epidemic of Addiction in High Achievers, with Dr. Peter Grinspoon
In this episode, Mike interviews Dr. Peter Grinspoon on mental health and wellness for high performers, why lawyers have such high rates of addiction and depression, antidotes for the factors that lead to these high rates, the story of Dr. Grinspoon's 2019 debate at Yale Law School, and more.
Read full post25 Jan 2024
When is it "too late" to apply to law school in a slow cycle?
If you've been following our content this cycle, you know that we are predicting that this will be the slowest law school admissions cycle we've ever seen. How does that decelerated pace affect what counts as "late" to apply?
Read full post23 Jan 2024
Podcast: Law School Admissions Reddit AMA with Anna Hicks-Jaco
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, a current applicant from Reddit interviews Spivey Consulting's new President, Anna Hicks-Jaco—unscripted and unprepared—on anything and everything that was on her mind.
Read full post22 Jan 2024
Four Tips to Excel in Your 1L Year
A year ago, our Pre-L advisors Rob Cacace and Jordana Confino wrote a blog for us on their best tips for 1L success. After another busy cycle of Pre-L advising and 1L Success Coaching, they've reflected on the last year and have one more piece of advice to add!
Read full post22 Jan 2024
Glossary of Admissions Terms
Here's a glossary of some of the most common law school admissions-related acronyms, abbreviations, and terminology.
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