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March 10, 2019
Which law schools had the most transfers in and out?

The following data is all from 2018 ABA 509 reports [http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/Disclosure509.aspx]. These are the top 25 schools to matriculate the most transfers: 1 Georgetown: 105 transfers in 2 NYU: 58 transfers in 3 Arizona State: 50 transfers in 4 Emory: 42 transfers in 5 UC Berkeley: 36 transfers in 6 Columbia: 35 transfers in 7 Loyola Los Angeles: 34 transfers in 8 Northwestern: 33 transfers in 9 Harvard: 32 transfers in 10 (tie) UCLA: 31 transfers in 10 (tie) George Washing

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March 8, 2019
Database of Outside Law School Scholarships

We have compiled a list of outside scholarships available for current and entering law school students. Please feel free to make a copy of the spreadsheet if you would like to sort or edit it. You can find the spreadsheet here. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ikR3S3UqDeo4Af6MJE7lh6hySJ4E4UkviiE52Wgj34A/edit?usp=sharing]

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March 6, 2019
2020 USNWR Rankings (2019 Release)

Please note, at the request of USNWR we have decided to take down this year's rankings. As a firm, we will always seek to give applicants critical information to help them with important and time-sensitive decisions. Going forward, we will be even more active on this blog in giving advice and value-added information. We will continue to break various rankings, admissions cycle numbers, future admissions cycle predictions, and employment numbers via our Twitter account [https://twitter.com/Spi

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February 28, 2019
Suggested Reading for New Law Students

Spivey consultants' suggested reading list (and a few other pieces of media).

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February 23, 2019
How Many People Actually Go to the T14?

This data and analysis comes from Reddit user u/HYSLawHopeful [https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/atn0g3/how_many_people_actually_go_to_the_t14_random/] , who graciously gave us permission to repost his great data on our blog. HYSLawHopeful sought out to answer the question of what percentage of law school applicants actually ended up at a T14 law school for the Class of 2021 (2017-2018 admissions cycle). Last year, there were 56,900 total CAS registrants. Note: * EA = En

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February 21, 2019
Every piece of Spivey Consulting Law School Waitlist Advice

It's that time of year again — law schools are beginning to place applicants on the dreaded waitlist. Luckily, we have two helpful resources if you've been waitlisted this cycle.

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February 18, 2019
Five U.S. News Rankings Failures

Five failures of the rankings, by Law School Transparency founder Kyle McEntee.

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February 17, 2019
How to Choose Which Law School to Attend

Advice and data on deciding where to attend.

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January 28, 2019
2018/2019 Midpoint Cycle Update

An update from approximately 50% of the way through the cycle.

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December 27, 2018
Would a law school rescind your admission?

You've probably heard some of the many horror stories of colleges and universities rescinding (note: not "resending" – which would mean to barrage someone with the same admission over and over again). In fact, I can vividly remember my dad telling me after I got into my dream school for my undergraduate degree that if I did poorly my last semester of high school the college would pull my offer. These cases have become more common, especially with cases of social media; here is one example that

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December 15, 2018
Breaking Down the 2018 Law School Data

LSAT median changes for the fall 2018 entering class: No Change 1 point increase 2 point increase 3+ point increase

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