Please note: the deadline to apply to the Spivey Consulting Group 2025-2026 Pro Bono Program is Sunday, June 29, 2025, at 11:59 PM PST. Thank you!
Spivey Consulting Group firmly supports equitable access and diverse representation in legal education, and in 2025, this responsibility is more important than ever. Our Pro Bono Program, along with our commitment to providing the best free law school admissions content, advice, and resources available, stems from this value and mission.
As a part of this ongoing commitment, we are excited to announce the fifth year of our annual Spivey Consulting Group Pro Bono Program for the 2025-2026 admissions cycle! This program provides free law school admissions consulting services to a limited number of selected applicants from low-income, disadvantaged, marginalized, underrepresented, and/or diverse backgrounds.
What services are provided to selected Pro Bono Program recipients?
Selected applicants will work with one of our Spivey consultants one-on-one to prepare one full law school application for the 2025-2026 admissions cycle. The following services are included for one school:
- Full strategic advising and editing of the core application components:
- Personal statement strategy, ideation, review, and editing
- Resume strategy, review, and editing
- Addendum (e.g., GPA, LSAT, character and fitness, resume gap) strategy, review, and editing
- Application review and editing for one law school, including the following:
- Supplemental essay strategy, ideation, review, and editing
- Application form advising and strategy
- Final review of full application preview
- General strategic advising in relation to the law school application process, up through the point of application submission, including the following:
- Interview preparation
- Email correspondence editing
- Strategic preparation for meetings with admissions officers, visits to law schools, info sessions, or other interactions with the admissions office, as applicable
Who is eligible to apply to the Pro Bono Program, and what are the selection criteria?
This year, we will be selecting 28 applicants for the Pro Bono Program. Applicants who are committed to applying to law school for the 2025-2026 cycle and who come from low-income, disadvantaged, marginalized, underrepresented, and/or diverse backgrounds are welcome to apply. The opportunity is open to both domestic and international applicants.
Please note that we accept applicants from a diverse array of backgrounds, perspectives, and goals. No applicants are ineligible due to identity, numerical qualifications, or target law schools.
Applicants who fulfill both of the below are eligible to apply:
- Fully committed to applying to law school for the 2025-2026 admissions cycle and matriculating to law school in fall 2026
- Come from a low-income, disadvantaged, marginalized, underrepresented, and/or diverse background
Selections are made based on the following criteria:
- Does the applicant have significant financial need such that they would be unable to access Spivey Consulting Group’s services without the Pro Bono Program?
- How would the applicant’s perspective coming from a low-income, disadvantaged, marginalized, underrepresented, and/or diverse background contribute to the diversity of the legal profession?
- How well does the application reflect the applicant’s purpose, thoughtfulness, and commitment?
- How significant an impact could Spivey Consulting Group’s services make on the applicant’s ability to reach their stated goals?
Please note that there is a preference for applicants who already have one or more LSAT scores on file or who are registered for the August 2025 LSAT. However, we understand that that is not everyone’s timeline, and we very much encourage you to apply even if you will not have an LSAT score by August.
We do not evaluate applicants based on the relative competitiveness of their law school profiles.
What is the timeline for the 2025-2026 Pro Bono Program?
- Application Opens: Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Deadline: Sunday, June 29, 2025 (11:59 PM PST)
- No applications will be read prior to the deadline, and there is no preference for earlier submissions.
- If you are taking the June LSAT, please wait to submit your application until you have your LSAT score.
- Decision Notification Date: Friday, July 25, 2025
Pro Bono Program Application
To apply, please fill out the application here. You can preview the questions, short answers, and attachments we ask for below.
Note: applicants who are currently waiting for paid services with us are more than welcome to apply, if qualified. If this applies to you, please indicate so in your application.
Application Preview
Please do not email us your application; fill out the online application here.
Biographical/Basic Admissions Information:
- Full Name
- Email Address
- Phone Number
- Current Location
- Undergraduate Institution
- Undergraduate Major(s)
- Undergraduate Graduation Year
- Cumulative undergraduate GPA (LSAC GPA, if known)
- Have you taken the LSAT? *If you are taking the June LSAT, please wait until you receive your score to submit your Pro Bono Program application. There is no preference for earlier submissions.
- What is your current highest LSAT score?
- If you have taken the LSAT, please list date(s) and score(s) for ALL reportable administrations (within the last five years).
- Are you currently signed up for one or more future LSAT administrations?
- If you are currently signed up for one or more future LSAT administrations, which?
- If you are currently signed up for a future LSAT administration, please (1) describe your test preparation plan and (2) provide your current range/average of timed practice test scores, if applicable. Please limit your response to 100 words.
- Have you or are you planning to take the GRE in lieu of the LSAT?
- If you have taken the GRE and intend to submit your scores to law schools, please list your highest GRE score (including verbal, quantitative, and writing).
- Have you applied to law school before?
- If you have applied to law school before, in which cycle(s) did you apply?
- If you have applied to law school before, please list the schools to which you applied and the decisions you received.
- List of Target Law Schools
- If applicable, please list any other current or past pre-law fellowships or pipeline programs in which you have participated (e.g., SEO, UCLA Law Fellows, POSSE, LEAP, Munger Tolles, Spivey Consulting Pro Bono Program).
- Are you aware of any Character & Fitness (C&F) issues that you may have to report on your law school applications (including criminal arrests or convictions, academic disciplinary actions, and formal professional misconduct/citation)?
- If you answered yes to the above, please include a basic summary of the C&F issue(s).
- Have you ever taken a leave of absence from school or work? If so, for how long, and what was the general reason for the absence?
- Please briefly share why you are interested in the legal profession. *We are not requesting an essay here, but rather a short and directed declaration of your purpose. Please limit your response to 250 words.
- How did you hear about the Spivey Consulting Pro Bono Program?
Short Answers:
- Please describe your current financial disadvantage/need and any information regarding how you have been impacted by coming from a low-income, disadvantaged, marginalized, underrepresented, and/or diverse background. (Approx. 250-500 words)
- Please explain why you would like to be considered for the Pro Bono Program and how you feel this opportunity could help you. (Approx. 250-500 words)
Additional Documents:
Any documents that you submit will never be shared with anyone outside of Spivey Consulting Group.
- Required: Resume
- Optional: Proof of Significant Financial Need (e.g., FAFSA Student Aid Report, tax/income documents) (note: you are welcome to redact social security numbers or any other sensitive personal information from these documents; however, they should include your full name for verification purposes)
Thank you for your interest! If you have any questions, please email our Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Paula Gluzman, at paula@spiveyconsulting.com.