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Blog & Podcasts
15 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.
Read full post29 Jan 2022
Upcoming Podcasts
We have five upcoming podcasts we are excited about, and we hope you will be too!
Read full post28 Jan 2022
We get rejected, too.
As we head into the thick of decision season, law school admissions offices are beginning to send out the inevitable rejection waves. Rejection hurts, but it is also a fundamental human experience, and we all feel its effects sometimes.
Read full post27 Jan 2022
LSAT Bandwidth % Changes 2021-2022
LSAC has recently stopped displaying percentage changes with their volume data, so we wanted to publish these figures for anyone who may find this information useful.
Read full post10 Jan 2022
When Is It Appropriate to Start Scholarship Negotiations?
Since you are all going to be lawyers soon, let me start by saying something you’ll be saying for the rest of your lives: it depends. But, that isn’t very helpful...
Read full post08 Jan 2022
Uncertainty in Admissions
On our most recent podcast with current applicant "Barb," who has yet to receive responses to any of her applications, we spoke a good deal about the uncertainty of the admissions process.
Read full post08 Jan 2022
How to Cold Email: A Template
We wanted to provide a template for how to cold email someone, especially when there is an "ask" involved. You don't see many of these online, so here is one exchange below.
Read full post08 Jan 2022
Law School Application Review Services: We're Available!
We wanted to provide a quick update on our availability for current-cycle (2021-2022) admissions consulting clients!
Read full post27 Dec 2021
Law Schools Planning to Start the Spring 2022 Semester Remotely
The following law schools are planning to start the spring 2022 semester remotely in order to combat the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Read full post27 Dec 2021
What's the difference between a law school "waitlist" vs. "hold" vs. "hold tight email"?
Most applicants understand the basics of what it means to be waitlisted, but in this blog, we wanted to give a quick look at why and how law schools use their waitlists from an insider perspective, then outline the differences between a waitlist and a "hold" or a "hold tight email."
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