Is there luck involved in admissions?
Yes, there is. But you can’t predict it.
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Admissions
18 Jan 2020
15 Jan 2020
Podcast: How to Approach and What to Take Away from Admitted Student Days/Weekends
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Founding Partner Mike Spivey talks about why law schools have admitted student programs, what you can expect from them, what you can expect from others at the event, and how to make the most of the visit.
Read full post12 Jan 2020
Applying to Law School: Top 8 Tips from Former Faculty Admissions Chair Scott Moss
Scott Moss, as a full-time professor at two law schools, served on law school Admissions Committees for 13 years, including serving as Admissions Chair for 10 years after receiving tenure.
Read full post25 Nov 2019
Podcast: The Waiting is Long and Full of Terrors
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey discusses the hardest part of the law school admissions process—the waiting—and how it can cause some applicants to hurt their own chances of admission.
Read full post12 Nov 2019
Podcast: Mike Spivey on the Darker Side of Self-Doxing in Law School Admissions
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey discusses what happens when a law school applicant posts something that deeply offends or insults law school admissions officers who may know who they are in real life.
Read full post09 Oct 2019
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.
Read full post05 Sep 2019
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.
Read full post03 Sep 2019
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.
Read full post26 Jul 2019
MyRankBySpivey.com has launched!
As of today, we are excited to announce the launch of our newest project, My Rank!
Read full post26 Jul 2019
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.
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