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When will the top 50 law schools release their applications this fall?
Wouldn’t it be awesome to know when schools will look to take applicants off of the waitlist?
A guide to the timing of applying to law school, from undergrad on.
We made a calendar for these but as almost all open on one of two dates, so the calendar didn’t really help much. Here they are listed, which hopefully will make it easier to find your school. We will fill in the dates on the “unsure” schools once we have them. July 1: Baylor August 1: U Tulsa September 1: U Richmond, U Nebraska–Lincoln, U Kentucky, U Oklahoma, U Miami, U Denver, Case Western, U Missouri–Columbia, U Kansas, Cardozo, American, U Tennessee–Knoxville, U Cincinnati, U San Diego,
Admissions timeline for June through December of the fall you plan to apply to law school.
The waiting has begun.
Advice and suggestions on LSAT timing this cycle.
The hardest part of the admissions cycle is the wait.
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.
