The Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action in higher education has drastically impacted the pace of the law school admissions process, according to law school admissions consultant Mike Spivey of the Spivey Consulting Group.
In remarks given to Reuters, Spivey pointed out that this has been the slowest admit cycle in the 25 years of his career, an observation that reflects the changes brought by the Supreme Court ruling.
The altering of the admissions process, compelled by the court’s announcement, has consequently increased the complexity of duties for admissions offices. The procedural modifications include the addition of essays and interviews that did not form part of the standard law school admissions procedure before the ban.
While affirmative action policies have long been controversial, the recent Supreme Court decision to prohibit them in higher education, has, as Spivey highlighted, triggered changes and newfound challenges across law schools’ admissions offices nationwide. Interested readers can find the original coverage and further details on Above the Law.