Resources
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Navigating Law School Admissions Podcast
"Navigating Law School Admissions" is a Yale Law School podcast hosted by the Yale Law School and Harvard Law School Admissions Deans, Miriam Ingber and Kristi Jobson, respectively. The podcast reviews everything from essays, softs, and recommendations, and it is a wonderful resource straight from T3 schools.
Spivey Consulting
Spivey Consulting is a private admissions consulting firm made up of former admissions deans from law schools like Yale, Harvard, University of Chicago, and beyond. Mike Spivey, the founder of the firm, also has a podcast that can be found on the website. The podcast focuses on all things admissions related from essays, negotiation, and letters of recommendation.
Class of 2020 Medians
Every U.S. Accredited law school has to submit a list of their matriculated student's LSAT scores and GPAs. These scores are separated into the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles. This list is extremely helpful when it comes to choosing which law schools to apply to, but it is important to remember that scores are not a determining factor - softs, essays, and letters of recommendations can significantly sway admissions results, even if your scores are below a school's medians.
Decision Tracker
This helpful decision tracker can help you understand individual school's admissions timeline. The tracker lays out a school's general flow, interview options, decision delivery, and communications. This tracker can be used from the day you submit your application to the day you recieve your final decision.
U.S. News Best Law Schools
Every year, The U.S. News Report releases their list of the top law schools in America. Rankings change annually and are decided by peer assessments, attorney and judge assessments, median LSAT scores and GPA, acceptance rate, employment rates, bar passage rates, average debt of students, student - faculty ratios, average spending on resources, and total amount of library resources and operations available to matriculated students.
Viewbook of 165 Law Schools
This helpful resource, powered by Spivey Consulting, provides a viewbook for the 165 ranked law schools in America. Viewbooks consist of admissions - related information, due dates, and requirements. Since every law school is different, it is important to understand the requirements for every school you apply to.
Hiring and Enrollment Data by School
The American Bar Association, which sets the academic standards of American law schools, provides public statistics regarding hiring data, enrollment data, 509 forums, and law school data by gender, race, and ethnicity. This is a helpful tool for choosing which schools to apply to as job and clerkship opportunities vary between schools.