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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

June 5, 2020
Harvard Law Goes Fully Remote for Fall 2020. Will Other Law Schools Follow Suit and What It Means for Applicants

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder Mike Spivey discusses Harvard Law School's recent announcement that all classes will be held fully remotely for Fall 2020 — what does it mean for other law schools, for international students, the ABA, and current applicants? Will this cause more waitlist movement? What about deferrals? Plus, a bit of a look into what the 2020-2021 cycle might bring.

Listen below, or via SoundCloud or Apple Podcasts.

August 9, 2020
How to Tell If You're Overdoing It in Law School Admissions

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder Mike Spivey discusses one of the most common mistakes in law school admissions that we see from applicants who have underperformed their numbers — overdoing it in the admissions process — then details the most common types of applicants this happens to: the "over-explainer," the "over-spammer," the "over-[publicly] talker," the "permutator," and the "boundary pusher."

You can find the blog post Mike mentions in the podcast, "Spooky Halloween Blog: Real Stories of Things That Creep Out Admissions Offices" (examples of the most extreme "boundary pushers"), here.

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

And for our free tool for comparing law schools/medians/data, check out My Rank.

June 11, 2020
Recession Job Search Tips You Won’t Hear from Career Services

Mike Spivey served as a law school dean of career services during the Great Recession, and in this podcast he shares actionable advice for legal networking that you won't hear from your CSO.

Listen below via YouTube, or on SoundCloud or Apple Podcasts.

June 18, 2020
Academics, Athletics, and COVID-19

Mike was asked by a rivals.com affiliate to speak about higher education as it relates to the upcoming fall athletic season. Listen to the interview below:

Spivey Consulting Group · VandySports Podcast Academics, athletics and COVID-19

November 26, 2020
What to Do When You Get Your First Waitlist

Chances are, if you're applying to a healthy range of target, safety, and reach schools, you're likely to get a waitlist or two (at least!). Especially if it happens relatively early in the cycle, or if it's your first decision, a waitlist can be difficult to interpret and hard to know how to respond. In this podcast, Mike Spivey talks about what to do when you get your first waitlist.

Our podcast is embedded below, but here are also links to podcasts/videos mentioned in this podcast:

And a bonus link: Blog — Every piece of Spivey Consulting Law School Waitlist Advice

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

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

September 28, 2020
Predicting this Cycle's Admissions Pace

In this podcast, Mike Spivey predicts what to expect as far as the timing of admissions decisions this year, then discusses the preliminary LSAC data that has applicants wondering whether this will be a far more competitive cycle than normal.

You can also listen to this podcast on SoundCloud or Apple Podcasts, or read the transcript below.