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A visual look at the numbers that shaped the rankings.
1 Yale 2 Stanford 2 Harvard 4 Columbia 4 Chicago 6 NYU 7 Penn 8 Berkeley 8 Michigan (+3) 8 UVa 11 Duke (-3) 12 Northwestern 13 Cornell 14 Georgetown 15 Texas 16 Vanderbilt (+1) 17 UCLA (-1) 18 Washington University in St. Louis 19 USC (+1) 20 Boston University (+6) 20 Iowa (+2) 22 Emory (-3) 22 Minnesota (-2) 22 Notre Dame 25 Arizona State (+1) 25 George Washington (-3) 25 Indiana (+9) 28 Alabama (-6) 28 UC-Irvine (+2) 30 Boston College (+4) 30 Ohio State (+4) 30 UC- Davis (+1) 33 William & Mary
Top 100 law schools 2016 (2017 edition).
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This year's rankings compared to last, 101-150.
1. Harvard1. Yale3. Michigan4. Stanford4. Columbia6. Chicago7. Berkeley8. UVA9. NYU10. U Penn11. Texas12. Duke13. Georgetown14. UCLA15. Cornell16. Northwestern 17. Illinois17. USC19. Minnesota20. Wisconsin
This year's rankings compared to last, 1-20.
This year's rankings compared to last, 51-100.
Note, USNWR calls this “2016″ Rankings. 22. George Washington University (-2) 23. University of Alabama (+1) 24. University of Iowa (+5) 25. University of Notre Dame (+4) 26. Arizona State University (+5) 27. Boston University (+1) 28. University of Washington (-4) 29. William & Mary (-5) 30. University of California-Irvine (NR) 31. University of California-Davis (+5)
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, we have our third and final interview with "John" (not his real name; u/Muvanji on Reddit), who we've followed throughout his law school admissions cycle for 2024-2025. John discusses his final decision on where to attend, his process of requesting scholarship reconsideration, his decision not to pursue waitlists, admitted students days, what he's looking forward to in law school, and his thoughts and reflections on the law school admissions process now that it's over.
Prior episodes with John:
You can listen and subscribe to Status Check with Spivey on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. You can read a full transcript of this episode below.
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike Spivey and Anna Hicks-Jaco have a conversation with Sarah Zearfoss (also known as "Dean Z"), who has long led the admissions office at the University of Michigan Law School as Senior Assistant Dean and who hosts the admissions podcast A2Z with Dean Z.
The group discusses using generative AI to write your essays vs. to research admissions advice (including asking ChatGPT a few admissions questions and critiquing its answers), the prospect of law schools using AI to evaluate applications, grade inflation (and how admissions officers saw it before open access to generative AI vs. now), application timing (and how early applications correlate to stronger admit rates without necessarily causing them), and more. Plus, Dean Z introduces a new question being added to Michigan Law's application this upcoming 2025-2026 cycle.
You can listen and subscribe to Status Check with Spivey on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. You can read a full transcript of this episode below.
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 Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. You can read a full transcript of this episode below.
