Status Check with Spivey

In this podcast, Mike Spivey discusses one of the fundamental difficulties of applying to law school—and how to cope with it. Mike mentions two blog posts in this podcast: the first, about all the different variables that go into law school admissions, can be found here: https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/all-things-considered/ and the second, about load management days, can be found here: https://www.spiveyblog.com/posts/load-management-day-sxh78 You can also listen to this podcast on YouTube https://youtu.be/HbMmvzHbmR8 or Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223, or read a transcript on our blog https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/self-care-the-fallacy-of-reductionism-and-the-n-of-1. Please note that our waitlist for this cycle (2020-2021) https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/upcoming-availability-to-work-with-us/ and reservation list for next cycle (2021-2022) https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/21-22-reservation-list/ are now open.

In this podcast, Mike Spivey discusses the upsides to a law school admissions cycle when applicant numbers are significantly up from the prior year. You can also listen to this podcast on YouTube https://youtu.be/04PWb7_9IGs or Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223 Choosing which law schools to apply to or attend? Check out My Rank, where you can make personalized rankings based on the metrics you care about most: https://myrankbyspivey.com/

In this podcast, Mike Spivey discusses the three elements of admissions, particularly focusing on the one that is both the most important and the least understood. You can read a transcript of this podcast on our blog https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/the-three-elements-of-admissions/ You can also listen to this podcast on YouTube https://youtu.be/A8b5O4yYfoY or Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223

This podcast is hosted by Dr. Peter Cramer, our LLM & International Admissions Consultant. Dr. Cramer has been working in legal education for over 25 years. He started his law school career at Indiana University Maurer School of Law and later went to Georgetown University Law Center where he served as the Associate Director of the Center for Global Legal English. For nine years prior to joining Spivey Consulting Group, Dr. Cramer worked as the Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Students at Washington University School of Law, where he focused primarily on admissions, course counseling, and instruction. In this podcast, Dr. Cramer gives an overview of the elements of a successful LLM application, as well as common pitfalls to avoid. You can listen via the YouTube video below, or on SoundCloud or Apple Podcasts. You can also listen to this podcast on YouTube https://youtu.be/dg4PmgojzAY or Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223 or read a transcript on our blog https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/podcast-overview-of-llm-admissions

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 YouTube https://youtu.be/8A24gIVjcB0, or read the transcript on our blog https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/predicting-this-cycles-admissions-pace/ Please note that we are currently at capacity and are not taking new clients for this cycle at this time. (If you are already on our waitlist, don't worry, your process will continue as normal!) However, we will soon be opening our reservation list for next cycle! You can monitor our blog https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/spiveyconsult for updates on our future availability for this cycle and for the reservation list announcement.

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-[publically] 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: https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/spooky-halloween-blog/ For more free advice, updates, and predictions, check out our blog: https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/ And for our free tool for comparing law schools/medians/data, check out My Rank: https://myrankbyspivey.com/ You can also listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223 You can also listen to this podcast on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/aG2SARH-tQU

In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder Mike Spivey answers questions from r/lawschooladmissions on strategies for splitters, international students, non-traditional applicants, reapplicants, and more. You can view the full video interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/x4OWh53SAjM

On today's podcast, Mike Spivey is interviewed by E to Esquire on a variety of topics, including late-cycle waitlist strategy, next cycle admissions, and how to search for a legal job in a recession. You can find the E to Esquire YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjI0PaeoThl7iK-ULdLF7aw

COVID-19 isn't going anywhere in the near future, yet all but 3 law schools and only 8% of universities and colleges have announced they will be entirely remote for fall 2020. What is the most recent update, and is there a middle ground that can be reached to decrease on-campus density so that the likelihood of cluster outbreaks is significantly reduced? You can also listen on YouTube https://youtu.be/E1u9T65OnTE or Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223 And check out our free law school rankings tool, My Rank https://myrankbyspivey.com/

Mike Spivey served as a law school dean of career services during the Great Recession, and in this podcast he shares his best actionable advice for legal networking that you won't hear from your CSO. This podcast is also available on: YouTube https://youtu.be/_SfuhvOVhVo Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast Deciding on a law school? Check out My Rank, a free service that allows you to create your own law school rankings and compare specific law schools, all custom to your own priorities. https://myrankbyspivey.com/