Spivey Consulting Example Personal Statements
Eight examples of great law school personal statements.
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Admissions
28 May 2025
20 May 2025
Podcast: Dean Z of Michigan Law on Admissions Advice and AI—The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
Mike and Anna converse with Michigan Law's Dean Z on generative AI in admissions and legal education—including introducing a related new question being added to Michigan Law's application this upcoming 2025-2026 cycle—plus, a bunch of general law school admissions advice.
Read full post25 Apr 2025
Data Dive: International Applicants to Top Law Schools
International students face unique challenges in the U.S. law school admissions process. This article presents an analysis of how top law schools treat international applicants, using data from the past three cycles, and explains what's new for 2024-25!
Read full post20 Mar 2025
2024-2025 Law School Admissions Cycle Progress
As of March 20, 2025, nearly 7,000 offers of admission remain at the top 100 law schools, including 2,500 from top 20 schools. While we don't have definitive data yet, these figures provide a snapshot of the cycle’s progress.
Read full post14 Mar 2025
Know Your Law School Seat Deposit Deadlines
Updated with 2025 seat deposit deadlines for all ABA-accredited law schools.
Read full post04 Mar 2025
Podcast: Five Categories of Law School Admissions Interview Questions & How to Answer Them
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Anna Hicks-Jaco is joined by Karen Buttenbaum, one of Spivey's most experienced consultants and a former Director of Admissions at Harvard Law School, to talk about law school admissions interviews.
Read full post31 Jan 2025
10 Deceptively Tricky Law School Application Questions & How to Answer Them
There are some seemingly simple questions on law school applications that still have a tendency to confuse applicants. As former admissions officers, we hope to help you understand and feel confident answering them.
Read full post28 Jan 2025
Podcast: The Law School Waitlist—Deep Dive with Former Admissions Officers
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Anna Hicks-Jaco has a discussion with two Spivey consultants all about the waitlist process.
Read full post14 Jan 2025
Real Data on When Law School Admissions Decisions Come Out
Admissions officers are settling into a winter of reading, and the file review process is really just beginning to get into full swing for most of them. So when will decisions be coming out?
Read full post07 Jan 2025
Podcast: A Look at the New ABA 509 Law School Data with Kyle McEntee
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike has a conversation with Kyle McEntee, LSAC's Senior Director of Prelaw Engagement and the founder of Law School Transparency, centering around the newly released 2024 ABA 509 disclosures and how applicants should consider the data therein.
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