Blog & Podcasts

Podcast: Harvard Law Goes Fully Remote for Fall 2020. Will Other Law Schools Follow Suit and What It Means for Applicants

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder Mike Spivey discusses Harvard Law School's recent announcement that all classes will be held fully remotely for Fall 2020 — what does it mean for other law schools, for international students, the ABA, and current applicants?

Early 2020-2021 Cycle Data

As June begins, we're coming up on the close of the 2019-2020 application cycle and the start of 2020-2021.

All Things [Admissions] Considered

There are thousands of ways to differentiate yourself, this is just what we came up with to serve as a helpful starting point.

What law schools do legal academics come from?

A guest poster combined the spreadsheets from the 2012-2020 PrawfsBlawg "entry level hiring report" series and did a post based on the results which he then gave us permission to blog.

LSAT Numbers this cycle

We don't have final May LSAT Flex numbers yet, but 2019-2020 is going to be down in both total registrants and first timers compared to last year.

60-Second Commencement Speech for the Class of 2020: The Road Ahead

The Bimodal Salary Of Starting Lawyers

Too few applicants know this — this is actually what starting salaries look like for those right out of law school.

Predicting the COVID-19 Summer Of Law School Waitlist Movement

Early in my admissions career, a former boss of mine would often use the following Niels Bohr quote when speaking of law school admissions: “prediction is difficult, especially when it involves the future.”

Spivey Consulting Capacity Update

A few quick updates we wanted to share.

Schools are now confirming in large numbers they will be open. What questions did we not answer?

As I write this, the Texas Tech President is being interviewed by CNN on how they plan on opening on campus, which is remarkably similar to how we described in our most recent podcast a few days ago.

Podcast: Universities, Colleges, and Law Schools Plan to Be Open On Campus This Fall

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder and higher education expert Mike Spivey discusses the plans universities are making to resume on-campus operations this fall, as well as challenges to those plans from the medical community.

What is most predictive of first-time bar success?

We posed this question on Twitter.

List of Colleges Who Have Commented on Reopening Plans

We will have an update on how we project things will unfold by May 4th.

A Brief LSAT Volume Update

June 2020 LSAT registration has officially closed, and we wanted to take a quick look at some registration volume.

Deferring in the age of COVID-19

As we look further into the summer and fall at the possible ways our world could change in the face of continued social distancing, we are receiving more and more questions about deferring admission to law school for a year.

Cycle Data-COVID 19 Edition

We hope everyone is safe and healthy — it's been a crazy couple of months for the world.

Mean Salaries Of First Year Law School Graduates

For the first time ever, The Department of Education has released these figures

"I was totally lost"

How One University is [Successfully] Communicating to Prospective Applicants in the COVID-19 Era

Schools are going to need to try to get ahead of these obvious questions/concerns of next cycle applicants in their marketing strategies and at the same time be preparing for how they will assess students “differently” due to these many factors.

Law School/Law School Admissions COVID-19 Update, April 8, 2020

Please keep in mind that because so much is fluid right now, no one can say for certain where things will be in a few months.