by Spivey Consulting Group
Hosted by Mike Spivey, founder and CEO of the Spivey Consulting Group, and Anna Hicks-Jaco, President of Spivey Consulting's law school admissions division. Status Check covers life and well-being plus all things law school and admissions. Our admissions advice comes from our Spivey Consulting team—who collectively have over 250 years of experience working in law school admissions offices, including at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Chicago, and Penn—and covers how to get into the best possible law school you can, plus news and predictions about the current state of law school admissions.
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April 15, 2025
<p>In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, we have our third and final interview with "John" (not his real name; u/Muvanji on Reddit), who we've followed throughout his law school admissions cycle for 2024-2025. John discusses his final decision on where to attend, his process of requesting scholarship reconsideration, his decision not to pursue waitlists, admitted students days, what he's looking forward to in law school, and his thoughts and reflections on the law school admissions process now that it's over.</p><p>Prior episodes with John:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog-post/following-an-applicant-2024-2025-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Part 1, Preparing Applications and the LSAT</a></li><li><a href="https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog-post/following-an-applicant-2024-2025-part-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Part 2, Interviews & Waiting for Decisions</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>You can listen and subscribe to Status Check with Spivey on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/status-check-with-spivey/id1477090223?ref=spiveyconsulting.ghost.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1axZqBvq28wpvhKEq2l7sV?ref=spiveyconsulting.ghost.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Spotify</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA_Rbmm6gSV09dUwrnlBjyQ/?ref=spiveyconsulting.ghost.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">YouTube</a>. </p><p>You can read a full transcript of this episode <a href="https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog-post/following-an-applicant-2024-2025-part-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a>.</p>
March 4, 2025
<p>In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Anna Hicks-Jaco is joined by Karen Buttenbaum, one of Spivey's most experienced consultants and a former Director of Admissions at Harvard Law School, to talk about law school admissions interviews. They discuss a strategy for thinking about and preparing for interviews by categorizing the potential questions you could receive into five groups (plus a bonus sixth category at the end!). </p><p>You can listen and subscribe to Status Check with Spivey on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/status-check-with-spivey/id1477090223?ref=spiveyconsulting.ghost.io">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1axZqBvq28wpvhKEq2l7sV?ref=spiveyconsulting.ghost.io">Spotify</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA_Rbmm6gSV09dUwrnlBjyQ/?ref=spiveyconsulting.ghost.io">YouTube</a>. </p><p>You can read a full transcript of this episode <a href="https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog-post/five-categories-of-interview-questions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a>.</p>
February 18, 2025
<p>In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, we catch up with "John" (not his real name; u/Muvanji on Reddit), the applicant who we're following throughout his law school admissions cycle for 2024-2025. We talk about rejection, decisions he has (or hasn't) received, interviews he's done, typos in applications, and more. Stick around until the end for one last update on his cycle!</p><p>You can listen to our first episode with John <a href="https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog-post/following-an-applicant-2024-2025-part-1/" rel="noreferrer">here</a>.</p><p>You can listen and subscribe to Status Check with Spivey on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/status-check-with-spivey/id1477090223?ref=spiveyconsulting.ghost.io">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1axZqBvq28wpvhKEq2l7sV?ref=spiveyconsulting.ghost.io">Spotify</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA_Rbmm6gSV09dUwrnlBjyQ/?ref=spiveyconsulting.ghost.io">YouTube</a>. You can read a full transcript of this episode <a href="https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog-post/following-an-applicant-2024-2025-part-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a>.</p>
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