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Blog Posts

April 4, 2016
USNWR Law School Rankings & How to Choose a Law School Podcast

Just click on the link and let it roll http://culawschool.org/media/moss/moss-4-1-16.mp3

March 23, 2016
USNWR Rankings Raw Score Infographic: 2017 Update

A visual look at the numbers that shaped the rankings.

March 9, 2016
USNWR Schools ranked 1-100, now with +/- from last year

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

March 8, 2016
2017 (2016 release) USNWR Law School Rankings Are HERE!

Top 100 law schools 2016 (2017 edition).

February 27, 2016
4th Annual USNWR Rankings Prediction Contest

Enter our U.S. News prediction contest!

March 10, 2015
2015 USNWR Rankings 101-150 with +/-

This year's rankings compared to last, 101-150.

March 10, 2015
What did the USNWR Law School Rankings Look Like in 1987?

1. Harvard1. Yale3. Michigan4. Stanford4. Columbia6. Chicago7. Berkeley8. UVA9. NYU10. U Penn11. Texas12. Duke13. Georgetown14. UCLA15. Cornell16. Northwestern 17. Illinois17. USC19. Minnesota20. Wisconsin

March 9, 2015
2015 USNWR Top 20 Rankings with +/- changes

This year's rankings compared to last, 1-20.

March 9, 2015
2015 USNWR Law School Rankings 51-100 with +/-

This year's rankings compared to last, 51-100.

Podcasts

October 14, 2019
Calming Your LSAT Anxiety

Something we encounter all too often is applicants who put so much pressure on themselves when they are taking the LSAT that it ends up being counterproductive, barring them from performing near the highest level of which they are capable. If we can help calm even one test-taker's nerves with this podcast, it will be worth it.

Something we encounter all too often is applicants who put so much pressure on themselves when they are taking the LSAT that it ends up being counterproductive, barring them from performing near the highest level of which they are capable. If we can help calm even one test-taker's nerves with this podcast, it will be worth it.

Note: You can also listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts or SoundCloud. The blog post Mike mentions in the podcast is here.

Also check out a related blog post on "The Over-Estimated Impact of Median LSAT Change on USNWR Rankings." And our rankings/data tool for comparing law schools, My Rank.

April 28, 2020
Universities, Colleges, and Law Schools Plan to Be Open On Campus This Fall

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder and higher education expert Mike Spivey discusses the plans universities are making to resume on-campus operations this fall, as well as challenges to those plans from the medical community.

You can listen to the podcast via the YouTube video below, or via SoundCloud or Apple Podcasts.

November 25, 2019
The Waiting is Long and Full of Terrors

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey discusses the hardest part of the law school admissions process—the waiting—and how it can cause some applicants to hurt their own chances of admission.

Here's the blog post mentioned in the podcast: Spooky Halloween Blog: Real Stories of Things That Creep Out Admissions Offices.

Mike's other blog which is mentioned in this podcast: Spivey Blog.

Find our podcasts on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Apple Podcasts. And check out our law school data/rankings tool My Rank.

October 9, 2019
Traits of Law School Applicants Who Outperform Their Numbers

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey discusses commonalities between applicants who punch above their numbers. This podcast is also available on SoundCloud  and Apple Podcasts.

Also be sure to check out My Rank, our tool for comparing and ranking law schools with according to your own priorities.

November 12, 2019
Mike Spivey on the Darker Side of Self-Doxing in Law School Admissions

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey discusses what happens when a law school applicant posts something that deeply offends or insults law school admissions officers who may know who they are in real life.  

The Spivey Blog is mentioned in this podcast.  

As always, please reach out to us at info@spiveyconsulting.com for more information about working with us.  

Also check out our custom law school rankings/comparison data website, My Rank.

January 15, 2020
How to Approach and What to Take Away from Admitted Student Days/Weekends

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Founding Partner Mike Spivey talks about why law schools have admitted student programs, what you can expect from them, what you can expect from others at the event, and how to make the most of the visit. He also answers r/LSA questions and added a separate podcast here on one of the elements that the toll and pressure of admissions can have on people and how to alleviate that.