Diversity / Experience / Perspective Essays

Today's podcast is from our consultant Sir Williams, former Director of Admissions at the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he led the successful implementation of UW’s first pre-law diversity pipeline summer program. In this podcast, Sir gives a broad introduction to law school admissions for under-represented minority (URM) applicants — what "counts" as URM for admissions, why it matters, and some special considerations URM applicants might want to flag.

A few links mentioned in the podcast:

• MyRank, where you can create your own personalized rankings based on the metrics you prioritize
• LSAC Table on Diversity in the US & Legal Pipeline
• Paul Caron's TaxProf Blog post on diversity and the LSAT

You can listen below, or on SoundCloud or Apple Podcasts.

Please note that our reservation list for next cycle (2021-2022) is now open.

In this podcast, Mike Spivey takes questions from Reddit!

You can listen to this podcast below, or on SoundCloud or Apple Podcasts.

Happy holidays from all of us at Spivey Consulting Group!

• 0:00 – Introduction
• 1:30 – Character & Fitness
• 4:43 – Scholarship vs. debt load in choosing a law school
• 8:08 – What to do if you make a mistake/typo in your law school application
• 12:37 – How much will LSAT medians move this cycle
• 14:09 – uGPA's importance this cycle
• 16:02 – How will splitters do this cycle
• 16:33 – Competitiveness of particular schools/bands
• 18:02 – In-person vs. remote law school next year and effects on deferrals/WL movement this summer
• 18:55 – How high LSAT-Flex scores will be seen in future cycles
• 20:00 – Non-traditional applicants this cycle
• 21:12 – Part-time programs this cycle
• 21:45 – What is Georgetown up to?

In this newest episode of our podcast, Mike Spivey talks about how to stay calm in the law school admissions process.

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• 0:24 — outline
• 1:42 — good news for this cycle
• 4:43 — biological reasons for stress and how to manage it
• 11:07 — long-term optimism

In this podcast, Mike Spivey discusses the phenomenon in law school admissions known as "yield protection," and explains steps you can take to prevent being waitlisted as a result of it.

You can listen to this podcast below, or via SoundCloud or Apple Podcasts.

As promised in the podcast, here are some resources for how to choose which law school to attend:

• My Rank by Spivey (personalized law school rankings based on the metrics you prioritize most)
• How to Choose Which Law School to Attend (blog post)
• How to Use the U.S. News Rankings to Choose a Law School (video)

In this podcast, Mike Spivey discusses some of the most commonly held misconceptions about the law school admissions process, and how understanding them can help you get admitted.

You can listen to this podcast below, or on SoundCloud or Apple Podcasts.

• 0:30 – admissions is inherently comparative
• 4:21 – admissions officers want to get to know you
• 7:12 – how do law schools make money?
• 11:03 – being a savvy applicant (regarding advice from law school admissions offices)

For today's podcast, a little something different — some advice on resiliency in the face of watching others succeed in the ways you'd like to be succeeding.

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