Understanding ABA 509 Reports
A comprehensive guide.
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27 Jan 2020
12 Jan 2020
Applying to Law School: Top 8 Tips from Former Faculty Admissions Chair Scott Moss
Scott Moss, as a full-time professor at two law schools, served on law school Admissions Committees for 13 years, including serving as Admissions Chair for 10 years after receiving tenure.
Read full post29 Dec 2019
Analyzing and Understanding Conditional Scholarships
One of the most important factors when deciding where to attend law school is an applicant's financial aid package.
Read full post25 Nov 2019
Podcast: 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.
Read full post12 Nov 2019
Podcast: 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.
Read full post09 Oct 2019
Podcast: 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.
Read full post16 Sep 2019
The simple psychology behind rapid career advancement
In a sense, this is a blog post 25 years in the making.
Read full post08 Sep 2019
Podcast: Do you have to explain WHY you are going to law school in your law school application?
In this episode, Mike Spivey discusses whether you have to explain why you are going to law school in your law school application.
Read full post05 Sep 2019
Explaining Why You’re Applying to Their Law School (The "Why X" Essay)
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 post26 Jul 2019
MyRankBySpivey.com has launched!
As of today, we are excited to announce the launch of our newest project, My Rank!
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