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Blog Posts

July 29, 2014
Decreases in Applications for all Law Schools, 2008-2013

A list of law schools ranked by their declines in applicants between 2008 and 2013.

July 29, 2014
Law Schools That Have Increased Their Applications From 2008 to 2013

Which law schools have received an increase in applications during the downturn?

July 9, 2014
ABA Application 2013/'14 data versus previous year

The following is a breakdown of ABA 2014 applicants and applications by region (based on data received through 7/04/14) and the percent change from last year: RegionApplicantsApplications#Pct Chg#Pct Chg[Far West ]()7,011-7.8%53,942-5.7% [Great Lakes ]()6,539-11.7%49,329-13.8%[Midsouth ]()6,320-9.0%65,039-10.0% [Midwest ]()1,786-9.2%10,9040.7%[Mountain West ]()2,686-10.5%10,656-8.4%[New England ]()2,437-9.8%28,513-8.5%[Northeast ]()8,490-3.6%61,473-4.3%[Northwest ]()1,340-5.9%8,368-8.9%[South Ce

May 19, 2014
LSAT Bandwidth Change vs. Last Year as of 5/9/14

2013-2014 applicant LSAT score data vs. 2012-2013.

March 20, 2014
A Look at the 2013-2014 Law School Admissions Cycle

The 2013-2014 law school admissions cycle isn’t over yet, but we can already discern a few prominent characteristics that separate this year from years past.

February 27, 2014
High LSAT Score of 2014 ABA Law School Applicants as Percent Change from Last Year

High LSAT score of 2014 ABA applicants with the percent change from last year, as of 2/21/14

January 12, 2014
Change in Law School Applicant Volume (c/o 2015 vs. c/o 2016 applications for T50)

Hat tip and appreciation to”KennyP” for allowing us to post and share his research.

Podcasts

May 5, 2025
Waitlist Predictions for the 2024-2025 Law School Admissions Cycle

In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike discusses the various factors that are at play for this cycle's waitlist season, his predictions for how it will go, and his advice for waitlisted applicants. For more on waitlist strategy, check out our Waitlist Deep Dive podcast episode!

You can listen and subscribe to Status Check with Spivey on ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠. You can read a full transcript of this episode below.