Know Your Law School Seat Deposit Deadlines
Updated with 2025 seat deposit deadlines for all ABA-accredited law schools.
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Timing
14 Mar 2025
14 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 post13 Nov 2024
What happens to your application once it is submitted to law schools?
There is often a shroud of mystery among applicants once they submit their applications. As former admissions officers, we'll walk you through how the process tends to work.
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?
Read full post10 Jan 2024
Podcast: 8 Ways to MESS UP the Second Half of Your Law School Admissions Cycle
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Anna Hicks-Jaco, Spivey Consulting's new President, discusses common mistakes that applicants make in the second part of their admissions cycle—after they've submitted their applications.
Read full post11 Dec 2023
Podcast: An Insider Look at Admissions with UVA Law Dean Natalie Blazer (Reddit Q&A + Artificial Intelligence in Admissions)
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike interviews UVA Law Admissions Dean Natalie Blazer.
Read full post11 Nov 2023
Podcast: The Slowest Cycle Ever
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike discusses the reasons that this law school admissions cycle will be the slowest one ever (or at least within our admissions careers)—and, perhaps more importantly, what you should do about it if you're a current applicant.
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Law School Application Opening Dates for the 2023-2024 Cycle
This post includes a full list of all ABA-approved law schools' application opening dates for the 2023-2024 admissions cycle.
Read full post01 Aug 2023
Podcast: The Myth of the Early Application “Bump” & Law School Rolling Admissions
In this brief episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike discusses what has grown in recent years to be the biggest myth in law school admissions today.
Read full post26 Jun 2023
Podcast: Dean Z on Underrated/Overrated Law School Admissions Advice + Answering Reddit Questions (Part 1)
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike has a conversation with Dean Sarah Zearfoss (also known as "Dean Z").
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