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16 Nov 2016

Spivey Consulting To Co-Sponsor Scholarship Program Through Writing Competition

THE VIDEO GAME BAR ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES FIRST SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ANNUAL WRITING COMPETITION OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS LOS ANGELES, November 14, 2016 – The Video Game Bar Association (“VGBA”) is pleased to announce its first scholarship program to encourage the pursuit of game and interactive entertainment law. The VGBA Student Writing Competition aims to encourage and reward student interest in the field of interactive entertainment law. Entries will be judged based on writing quality, timeliness o

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29 Jun 2016

Welcome to My World: Panel Discussion with Law School Admission Deans

Join us for this informative discussion featuring comments from highly experienced current and former law school admission deans who will reveal the human side of admissions, how and why some applicants "come alive" in the review process, and the inner dynamics of how law school admission decisions are made. Following panelists' remarks will be a Q&A segment during time webinar participants will be able to ask questions of the admission professionals. Panelists and bios: Mike Spivey is the fou

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14 May 2015

Karen Buttenbaum Interviewed by USNWR on the "gap year"

For the record we (and many law admissions officers we know) don’t necessarily agree with the terminology “gap” — which originated to describe the space between a year off before going to undergraduate. But semantics be damned, here [http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/articles/2015/05/14/smart-ways-to-make-the-most-of-gap-years-before-law-school] is the article. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting ready t

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10 Jul 2013

This time around the revolution will not be televised...

Yesterday Vic Fleischer, a respected former colleague with whom I have worked very well with on various administrative committees (and whose opinion I respect tremendously), authored the following argument: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/the-unseen-costs-of- cutting-law-school-faculty/ Vic’s conclusion, in his own words, is that, “firing untenured faculty is a shortsighted approach to managing an academic budget. It encroaches on an important principle of academic freedom, namely that

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19 Feb 2013

Stanford University Speaking Announcement

Link to a flyer on my speaking engagement this Thursday, 2/21/2013, at Stanford University: http://spiveyconsulting.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Event-Flyer.pdf

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16 Feb 2013

US News Rankings (with +/-) from 2012/2013

Here is a look at last year’s rankings, with who moved up and down, in anticipation of the upcoming rankings release: 2012-13 USNWR Top 100 Law Schools Rank . Law School. 2012-13 ranking.  Change in rank 1. Yale (1, -) 2. Stanford (3, +1) 3. Harvard (2, -1) 4. Columbia (4, -) 5. Chicago (5, -) 6. NYU (6, -) 7. UC-Berkeley (9, +2) 8. Penn (7, -) 9. Virginia (9, +2) 10. Michigan (7, -3) 11. Duke (11, -) 12. Northwestern (11, -1) 13. Georgetown (14, +1) 14. Co

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14 Jan 2013

True story: Email from [soon to be fired] first year associate at BigLaw

From: First Year Fool Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 3:47 PM TO: [Winnng Partner]; Attorneys All Subject: RE: Washington Redskins Victory okey-dokey. this email is meant neither to rouse some rabble or down some debbies or outcrunch some crunchies. quite the opposite – i get excited whenever i get victory emails (and even replies to victory emails). this is/was an interesting case that i know (well, i guess i don’t know, exactly, but i think) turned on issues not related to whether or not

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30 Oct 2012

Partnership with Pro Bono U. Announcement

The Spivey Consulting Group is pleased to partner with Pro Bono U. Pro Bono U, a digital legal education company, aims to make legal education accessible to all. Mike Spivey, Principal at Spivey Consulting, will lecture in two of Pro Bono U’s upcoming courses: Obtaining Legal Employment and Applying to Law School. In these courses, Spivey will offer practical and experiential advice about finding legal employment and gaining admission to law school. “We’re excited to work with Mr. Spivey to de

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17 Oct 2012

Strategic Partnership with Test Prep Company Announced

For Immediate Release The Spivey Consulting Group is pleased to announce a new partnership with Quantum Test Prep. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, Quantum Test Prep delivers individualized LSAT/GRE/MCAT and DET instruction.  Quantum Test students are now able to attain a special admissions consulting rate with The Spivey Consulting Group due to this alliance. Mike Spivey, Principal at Spivey Consulting, said “This leverages the strengths of both Quantum and Spivey Consulting to offer a com

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02 Oct 2012

Upcoming Events and Speaking Engagements

Afternoon of Sunday, Oct 7th-afternoon Sunday, Oct 8th: I will be conducting an open Q&A thread on admissions and career placement at www.top-law-schools.com. This may be particularly appealing for those who just took the Oct 6th LSAT. Friday, Oct 12th: I will be speaking at Idaho State University on the law school application and admission process, their write-up on the event is as follows: “Mr. Michael Spivey (spiveyconsulting.com) will meet with prospective law school applicants on Friday,

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