Status Check with Spivey Introduction to Law School Admissions for Under-Represented Minority (URM) Applicants
Nov 23, 2020
16:02
Today's podcast is from our consultant Sir Williams, former Director of Admissions at the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he led the successful implementation of UW’s first pre-law diversity pipeline summer program. In this podcast, Sir gives a broad introduction to law school admissions for under-represented minority (URM) applicants — what "counts" as URM for admissions, why it matters, and some special considerations URM applicants might want to flag.
A few links mentioned in the podcast:
MyRank, where you can create your own personalized rankings based on the metrics you prioritize https://myrankbyspivey.com/
LSAC Table on Diversity in the US & Legal Pipeline https://report.lsac.org/View.aspx?Report=DiversityPopulationandPipeline
Paul Caron's TaxProf Blog post on diversity and the LSAT https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2019/08/more-on-a-deans-perspective-on-diversity-socioeconomics-the-lsat-and-the-us-news-law-school-rankings.html
You can also listen to this podcast on YouTube https://youtu.be/L8Lj1izhQvY or Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223, or read a transcript on our blog https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/intro-to-urm-admissions-podcast