Just for Fun

We have spent a great deal of time browsing and evaluating the websites of every ABA-approved law school, and we identified the following 15 as the strongest examples.

Dear [Insert applicant's Last Name and LSAT score and Identifying Information for our Massive Listserv].

If you are a fan of writing, of well-written letters, or have to write one yourself (it is all but assured you will), check out these 5.

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List of where presidential candidates attended law school.

The U.S. News & World Report law school rankings have changed quite a bit over the years. In 1987, the methodology included just one metric—the percentage of law school deans who ranked the school, in their subjective estimation, as a "top 10 law school." See below the resulting top 20. As a bonus, you can also see what tuition rates looked like in 1987—the highest figure of which is under $14,000 (Columbia), and the lowest of which is just $4,500 (UT Austin—which is out-of-state) (note that all

For Halloween this year, we'd like to share some peculiar stories from some of the Spivey consultants' days as admissions officers.

Methodology: The Spivey consultants voted on their favorite, most beautiful college campuses that they've visited (and we have visited hundreds upon hundreds cumulatively in our careers), and these are the top 17. How did we pick 17? It was the cut-off point where each school had been voted on by at least two of us. You may think that there are some blatant, egregious exclusions, and that's probably true—there are so many beautiful colleges and universities, one of the best parts of admissions

From a law school applicant who has extensive web development experience and who incredibly generously agree to look at all ABA law school websites to pick their collective top 10.