COVID-19

27 Mar 2020
25 Mar 2020

LSAC Letter Involving Possible COVID-19 implications and changes

Sent March 21, 2020 Dear Mike - Thanks for the excellent talk Friday. It was great to talk to you about things we are doing – and things we can do going forward – to help law school candidates navigate the COVID-19 crisis. This crisis underscores how vital it is that we keep expanding and diversifying the legal profession and advancing law and justice. Does the world need another lawyer right now? It sure does. As leaders in so many fields, lawyers will play a vital role in helping us to addre

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18 Mar 2020

Podcast: Update on COVID-19 / Coronavirus & Law School Admissions

Just a quick update from Mike Spivey on how the continuously developing situation with COVID-19 / coronavirus is impacting — and will continue to impact — law school admissions.

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18 Mar 2020

Memorandum from ABA

Directly from the American Bar Association.

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13 Mar 2020

Why Colleges and Graduate Schools are Closing Their Doors So Quickly for the Coronavirus / COVID-19, and Why That's a Good Thing for You (or Your Children)

I had a conversation with a college freshman the other day who was on his way home from school – on account of his school cancelling all classes and asking all students to be out by a certain day. Understandably, he was irate.

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12 Mar 2020

Podcast: COVID-19's Implications for Law Schools and Admissions

You can also listen to this podcast on SoundCloud [https://soundcloud.com/user-158254372/spivey-consulting-on-coronavirus-covid-19-and-the-implications-for-law-schools-and-admissions] or Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223] .

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10 Mar 2020

List of Colleges and Universities who have cancelled classes (or moved online) due to the coronavirus (COVID-19 ) is at 150+ please see link

> It is likely that the vast majority of #colleges [https://twitter.com/hashtag/colleges?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] & #universities [https://twitter.com/hashtag/universities?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] in the U.S. will move courses online/ cancel classes in the U.S due to #COVID19 [https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] As of yesterday this has happened fully in 22 nations and rising. It is occurring now too rapidly to track each school. — Spivey Consulting (@Sp

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10 Mar 2020

Admitted Students Weekends are being cancelled for COVID-19. How should you choose a law school without them?

Over the weekend, we learned of several law schools that have changed their plans for Admitted Students Days/Weekends due to concerns over Coronavirus/COVID-19.

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05 Mar 2020

Spivey Consulting Group COVID-19 Update on the Impact to Law School Admissions

We continue to be asked from a variety of directions, both from schools and from applicants, about how COVID-19 (Coronavirus) will impact law schools, particularly as it relates to law school admissions.

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29 Feb 2020

Answering the question: "How might the coronavirus (COVID-19) impact higher education?"

I very much want to start with a disclaimer, we are answering this question because there is a steady increase in it being asked of us.

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