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Blog & Podcasts
26 Mar 2024
Which Law Schools have Early Decision/Early Action Transfer Programs?
Here's a list of law schools that have early decision or early action transfer programs.
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.
Read full post16 Jan 2024
Now accepting reservations for Pre-L (one-on-one 1L success coaching)
So you’ve applied—now what? Want to hit the ground running once you finally get to law school? Check out our Pre-L program, which just opened its registration for the 2024 cycle.
Read full post10 Jan 2024
Podcast: 8 Ways to MESS UP the Second Half of Your Law School Admissions Cycle
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Anna Hicks-Jaco, Spivey Consulting's new President, discusses common mistakes that applicants make in the second part of their admissions cycle—after they've submitted their applications.
Read full post02 Jan 2024
Podcast: How to Make Your Resolution Stick, with ‘Master of Change’ Author Brad Stulberg
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike interviews best-selling author Brad Stulberg (whose books include Master of Change, The Practice of Groundedness, Peak Performance, and The Passion Paradox) on how to make real and lasting change in your life.
Read full post15 Dec 2023
Predicted 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings
With today’s release of the new ABA-required 509 disclosures, we now have all law schools’ fall 2023 medians and class sizes, plus we have the ability to more accurately predict next year’s upcoming U.S. News law school rankings.
Read full post15 Dec 2023
Podcast: Dopamine & Success with Dr. Daniel Lieberman
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike interviews Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD, a psychiatrist and best-selling author of The Molecule of More.
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