Podcast: How PARENTS Can Best Support Law School Applicants
This special episode of Status Check with Spivey is directed toward parents of law school applicants—strategy and advice from former law school admissions officers.
Read full post
Podcast
13 Aug 2024
30 Jul 2024
Podcast: Addiction & Recovery in College with Author Mitch Leff
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike has a conversation with Mitch Leff, author of My Addiction, My Superpower, about his experiences overcoming addiction at a young age, the lessons he learned, and how others can use his insights to improve themselves.
Read full post23 Jul 2024
Podcast: The Law School Application Resume—Deep Dive with Former Admissions Officers
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Anna Hicks-Jaco speaks with two Spivey consultants about the law school application resume—what to include and what not to include, differences from professional resumes, common mistakes, best practices, and more.
Read full post09 Jul 2024
Podcast: Law School Personal Statement Deep Dive—Advice from Former Admissions Officers
This episode dives deep into the law school personal statement, discussing the brainstorming and topic selection process, how to structure a personal statement, writing tips, broad-level traits of A+ personal statements, common mistakes, and more.
Read full post12 Jun 2024
Podcast: Dear 1L with Amanda Haverstick
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, SCG Pre-L Consultant and Fordham Law professor Jordana Confino has a conversation with legal writing coach and Dear 1L author Amanda Haverstick about legal writing and tackling your 1L year.
Read full post29 May 2024
Podcast: Tier-Ranking Admissions Strategies with UChicago Law School Admissions Dean Ann Perry
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Ann Perry, the University of Chicago Law School's Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, joins Mike Spivey and Anna Hicks-Jaco to tier-rank law school admissions strategies sourced from the folks over on the r/LawSchoolAdmissions subreddit.
Read full post29 Apr 2024
Podcast: Work Experience, Admissions Strategy, & Legal Employment—What You Need to Know
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, we discuss growing importance of work experience in admissions, why the impact of being a "KJD" has increased over time, and—importantly—how work experience (or a lack thereof) plays out during law school and in the search for legal employment.
Read full post24 Apr 2024
Podcast: What Are Your Chances Off the Waitlist?
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike discusses the various factors that play into any given applicant's chances of admission coming off the waitlist. He also gives a quick preview of our (very early) predictions for next cycle.
Read full post15 Apr 2024
Podcast: Transferring Law Schools—Strategy & Process with Two Successful Applicants
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Anna Hicks-Jaco has a conversation with Spivey consultant Paula Gluzman and two 2Ls who transferred to Columbia and Harvard (respectively) about the transfer admissions process and strategy.
Read full post09 Apr 2024
Podcast: The New 2024 Law School Rankings Explained
In this brief episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike discusses the changes U.S. News made to their methodology this year.
Read full post