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Blog Posts

August 12, 2020
2020 Law School Medians

In the below spreadsheet, we keep track of law schools' new medians for the entering 2020 class of 1Ls.

August 6, 2020
2019-2020 Application Cycle Volume Summary

The 2019-2020 application cycle has concluded, and we have our final applicant volume as reported by LSAC.

June 2, 2020
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.

June 1, 2020
GRE vs. LSAT in the rankings

An analysis of how GRE scores play into the U.S. News rankings.

May 22, 2020
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.

May 18, 2020
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.

April 27, 2020
What is Most Predictive of First-Time Bar Success?

We posed this question on Twitter.

April 25, 2020
A Brief LSAT Volume Update

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

April 15, 2020
Cycle Data: COVID-19 Edition

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

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.