Examples of Letters of Recommendation
Here are three examples of law school letters of recommendation, two academic and one professional, two for regular 1L JD admissions and one for transfer admission.
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Admissions
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29 Apr 2024
Podcast: Work Experience, Admissions Strategy, & Legal Employment—What You Need to Know
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, we discuss growing importance of work experience in admissions, why the impact of being a "KJD" has increased over time, and—importantly—how work experience (or a lack thereof) plays out during law school and in the search for legal employment.
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 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.
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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 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 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?
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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.
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