Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In today’s episode, we’re talking with admissions consultant Anna Ivey about what could change for incoming 1Ls this year because of COVID-19 concerns, and how the pandemic might impact the future of law school admissions.
In this episode we discuss:
- Anna’s background and work in admissions consulting
- How likely is it that law school classes will be in-person this fall?
- Does the Socratic method lend itself well to being taught online?
- The social and networking aspects of virtual studying
- How people who end up on waitlists could be impacted this year
- How to think about choosing which schools to apply to
- Do you have to visit law schools before applying or accepting?
- The future of the legal job market
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Resources:
- Anna Ivey Consulting
- Thinking Outside the Box: Should You Start a Virtual Study Group?
- The Order of Things: What College Rankings Really Tell Us, by Malcolm Gladwell
- Above the Law
- Podcast Episode 239: Looking to History to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 on the Legal Job Market
- Podcast Episode 242: COVID-19 Considerations for (Potentially) Incoming 1Ls
- Podcast Episode 249: Changes to the LSAT Due to COVID-19 (with Steve Schwartz)
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