252: Navigating the Law School Landscape in Light of COVID-19 (w/Anna Ivey)

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

Resources:

• Anna Ivey Consulting (https://www.annaivey.com/)
• Thinking Outside the Box: Should You Start a Virtual Study Group? (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/thinking-outside-the-box-should-you-start-a-virtual-study-group/)
• The Order of Things: What College Rankings Really Tell Us, by Malcolm Gladwell (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/02/14/the-order-of-things)
• Above the Law (https://abovethelaw.com/)
• Podcast Episode 239: Looking to History to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 on the Legal Job Market (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/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 (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-242-covid-19-considerations-for-potentially-incoming-1ls/)
• Podcast Episode 249: Changes to the LSAT Due to COVID-19 (with Steve Schwartz) (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-249-changes-to-the-lsat-due-to-covid-19-with-steve-schwartz/)

Download the Transcript (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/episode-252-navigating-the-law-school-landscape-in-light-of-covid-19-w-anna-ivey/)

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