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Blog & Podcasts
10 May 2022
Why We Turn Away Business
I wanted to write briefly on two conscious business decisions we have made as a firm — both of which involve providing free, accessible information rather than advertising and growing.
Read full post06 May 2022
ABA Strategic Review Committee Recommends Elimination of Standardized Test Requirement
Yesterday, the ABA publicly released an April 25 memo recommending the elimination of the standardized test requirement for admission to law school.
Read full post02 May 2022
2021-2022 Applicant Volume Data as of May 1 vs. 2017-2021
As of May 1, applicants are down 11.6% from last year, up 6.1% from 2019-2020, up 1.6% from 2018-2019, and up 4.1% from 2017-2018.
Read full post19 Apr 2022
Podcast: Predicting the Rest of This Cycle & Next Cycle with PowerScore's Dave Killoran
In this episode, Mike gets together with PowerScore CEO and LSAT expert Dave Killoran to discuss the closing months of this current 2021-2022 cycle, early indicators and predictions for next cycle 2022-2023, and the development of the LSAT over time.
Read full post29 Mar 2022
Podcast: Thoughts on the 2023 (2022) USNWR Law School Rankings
In this episode, Mike discusses the recently released 2023 edition (2022 release) U.S. News & World Report law school rankings. You can view the full rankings (including +/- from last year) in our previous blog post.
Read full post29 Mar 2022
2023 USNWR Law School Rankings: This Year vs. Last Year (+/-)
Here are the 2023 (released 2022) U.S. News law school rankings as compared to last year's 2022 rankings edition.
Read full post22 Mar 2022
Five Things to Consider Before Transferring Law Schools
If you are seriously considering transferring, or are a pre-1L and disappointed with your admission results and think you might transfer after your 1L year, then take a few minutes to review this. I hope it will help you decide what to do!
Read full post21 Mar 2022
Podcast: Dr. Jud Brewer on the Highly Effective Way to Overcome Anxiety
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Judson Brewer about proven, concrete strategies to manage anxiety, including how to apply them for LSAT-related test anxiety and the stress of waiting for admissions results.
Read full post19 Mar 2022
10 Elements to Successful Law School Transfer Admissions
The transfer application cycle is quickly approaching, so here are some general thoughts and tips on the transfer process based on some of the more frequently asked questions that we receive.
Read full post15 Mar 2022
2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings Methodology
U.S. News & World Report recently released the embargoed version of their 2023 (2022 release) rankings, and we can confirm that there have been changes to the methodology used to calculate schools' overall ranking.
Read full post11 Mar 2022
Brief Application Cycle Update
There has been some chatter lately about the 2021-2022 application cycle, so we thought we'd provide a brief update.
Read full post08 Mar 2022
Podcast: No Admits to Six Admits (Law School Applicant Diaries #3)
In this episode, Mike speaks again with "Barb," an applicant this 2021-2022 cycle with a ~177 LSAT, a ~3.3 GPA, and ten years of work experience.
Read full post03 Mar 2022
Should you reapply to law school?
This post comes from our consultant Danielle Early, who served as Associate Director of Admissions at Harvard Law School before coming to Spivey Consulting Group, where she has been working directly with applicants for the past six years.
Read full post02 Mar 2022
2021-22 Cycle Volume Update as of March 1
As we get into the month of March and start seeing the first of the application deadlines, we wanted to provide a quick data update on where the cycle stands.
Read full post24 Feb 2022
How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine May Impact Law School/Legal Employment
We have been asked multiple times in the last 24 hours about how the recent Russian invasion into Ukraine may impact law school, admissions, and legal employment, so we wanted to post this brief, unedited podcast addressing those questions.
Read full post14 Feb 2022
Spivey Consulting 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings Modeled Predictions
Spivey Consulting's Business Intelligence Director, Justin Kane, analyzed a great deal of law school data to calculate our predicted 2023 (to be released 2022) U.S. News & World Report law school rankings.
Read full post09 Feb 2022
Podcast: February 2022 Law School Application Cycle Update
In this episode, Mike gives an update on the data for the 2021-2022 cycle as of early February. He discusses what to expect with medians after this cycle, what's going to happen this waitlist season, what to expect for transfer admissions, and some early preliminary predictions for next cycle.
Read full post05 Feb 2022
Podcast: Strong Applicant. No Admits. What’s Going On?
In this episode, Mike speaks with an applicant from Reddit who we'll call "Ryan Reynolds" (you know, just for fun). Ryan has a 178 and a 3.8, and while he blanketed the top 20 law schools, he has received only waitlists and denials so far this cycle despite having applied early on.
Read full post01 Feb 2022
Five-Year LSAT/Applicant Trends
We wanted to provide a bit of a wider view on current law school applicant data trends.
Read full post31 Jan 2022
Podcast: Catching Up With a Stanford 1L
In this episode, Mike and one of our Spivey consultants Karen Buttenbaum catch up with u/lightningmcboops, one of r/lawschoolsadmissions' regular posters from last cycle, who went through the most difficult cycle we have ever seen without receiving a single rejection.
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