Law School and Higher Education Rankings Thoughts
I've been asked too many times to count to comment on the U.S. News 2025 law school rankings release a few days ago.
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Statement on the February 14, 2025 “OCR Dear Colleague letter” sent by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights
On February 14th, Craig Trainor, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights for the Department of Education, sent the following Dear Colleague memo. Note that this has precedent. The OCR has sent numerous Dear Colleague letters in the past, none of which are legally binding. At face value, they are simply memos with no authority, although they do serve as leading indicators of potential legal action that the Department of Education may consider trying to adopt. But, as the Ninth Circuit Court o
Read full post15 Dec 2023
List of Law Schools with Authorization to Accept JD-Next (with no LSAT/GRE)
Thirty-three law schools have obtained variances from the ABA to accept the JD-Next exam results in lieu of the LSAT or GRE. Here's a list of those 33 schools!
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Upcoming Growth & Diversification at the Spivey Consulting Group
Today has a special meaning to me, and I write to outline our firm’s upcoming growth and diversification of services in 2024.
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Podcast: Dean Z on the Future of Law School Admissions + Other Admissions Questions (Part 2)
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike continues his conversation with Dean Sarah Zearfoss (also known as "Dean Z").
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Podcast: What the SCOTUS Admissions Decision Means for Law School Applicants
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike discusses the recent Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard Supreme Court decision—which ruled against the legality of race-conscious admissions or "affirmative action"—and what it means for law school applicants, particularly applicants of color.
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2023-24 U.S. News Law School Rankings: This Year vs. Last Year (+/-)
After a long, winding, grueling path to get here, we finally have the 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings. Here are the new rankings with +/-.
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What's Going On with the U.S. News Rankings Delay?
Just as the most tumultuous rankings season we have ever seen seemed to be settling, and U.S. News had both publicly released their top 14 law schools and the full embargoed rankings to all law schools, the following email was sent to deans.
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U.S. News Significantly Reduces the Weight of LSAT/GRE & GPA. What's Next?
A few months ago, many law schools announced they would boycott sending U.S. News direct (and non-third party audited) data, essentially forcing U.S. News to change their methodology. The rates of the admissions metrics were significantly reduced. What does this mean?
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2023-2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings T14
U.S. News has yet to publicly release the full 2023-2024 law school rankings, but today they released the Top 14 with their new methodology.
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