In this blog post, we will be discussing one type of optional essay, the “Why X” statement, or an essay in which you describe to the law school why you are interested in attending that school in particular.
Read full postAs many of you know, we have spent the past several months developing a tool for prospective law school applicants to create their own customized law school rankings.
Read full postAs of today, we are excited to announce the launch of our newest project, My Rank!
Read full postI almost beg this of you. Please do not post identifiable information online associated with your law school application ever. It costs multiple people admission every year.
Read full post*Please note, schools can change these dates, and it is possible that when we called to ask them that they gave us the dates applications become available to fill out on the LSAC website rather than when applications are accepted (although we were very careful to clearly articulate what we were asking about) — but this should be highly accurate to the extent we can control it. Also please note that several schools told us that they had not yet decided on an exact date that they will be acceptin
Read full postIt's done! Congratulations, you completed the July LSAT — a historic test, the first widespread administration of the new digital format. But what now?
Read full postMany law school websites have somewhat unclear language about how early you should send in an application, and applicants hear conflicting information from friends, colleagues, and pre-law advisers.
Read full postThe best recommendations come from people who know you well and can write about your abilities from personal observation.
Read full postThis is a three-part series on fee waivers from Joe Pollak [https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/about/], Spivey Consulting Group admissions consultant and former admissions officer at the University of Michigan Law School. Part 1 discusses how to get unsolicited merit-based fee waivers for your law school applications. Part 2 [https://spiveyconsulting.ghost.io/law-school-application-fee-waivers-part-2/] will cover requesting merit-based fee waivers, and Part 3 [https://spiveyconsulting.ghost.io/law
Read full postSpivey Consulting Partner Mike Spivey [https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/about/] talks about the two primary things at the highest order that make applications stand out and elevate in the admissions process.
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