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.
Status Check with Spivey
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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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Recent Episodes
June 2, 2026
Renowned Stanford Law Professor Orin Kerr: What Professors Are Really Thinking
Host Mike Spivey interviews Stanford Law Professor Orin Kerr about the realities of legal education and what professors truly consider when training future lawyers.
May 19, 2026
Strategy for Reapplying to Law School: In-Depth Advice from Former Admissions Officers (Reapplication Part 2)
Host Anna Hicks-Jaco interviews former admissions officers Sir Williams and Julia Truemper, offering strategic advice for reapplying to law school and avoiding common mistakes.
May 5, 2026
Stanford Law Grad & Startup Founder Vincent Sheu on AI Best Practices for Successful Lawyers
<p>In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Mike has a conversation with Vincent Sheu, an attorney and AI startup founder with a JD and a Master's in Computer Science from Stanford (in addition to degrees in Statistics, Molecular and Cell Biology, and Bioengineering).</p><p>Mike and Vincent discuss how he uses AI in his legal work today (19:20, 22:20), how he expects to be using AI in legal work in the future (37:23), how important his human contributions are vs. the contributions of AI (25:32), whether AI will be able to learn EQ (27:12), the sorts of AI tooling skills that employers are (and will be) looking for (29:19, 42:45) and how they screen for those skills (33:39), the benefits of using AI for legal work as well as the risks (24:04, 31:21, 44:23), how the next generation of lawyers will be advantaged and disadvantaged in the new landscape of legal practice (30:03), whether Vincent would hire a new lawyer who was brilliant and likable but has no familiarity with AI (32:52), Vincent’s recruiting process out of law school (14:03) and what his hours looked like in biglaw vs. as an in-house general counsel (19:36), how Vincent went 23 for 25 during his law school admissions cycle as a “super splitter” (3:32), and more.</p><p>Near the beginning of the episode, Mike and Vincent chat about a viral video from 2014 in which Vincent rapidly completed a Rubik’s Cube at a college basketball game. While the original video is now private, you can find the referenced SportsCenter article <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/video-student-does-rubiks-cube-during-cal-stanford/"><u>here</u></a>.</p><p>Mike also mentions the recent case of a defendant attempting to use an AI avatar to make their opening argument in court. You can find that video <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DT-UxNLDZHz/"><u>here</u></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"><u>Apple Podcasts</u></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1axZqBvq28wpvhKEq2l7sV"><u>Spotify</u></a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA_Rbmm6gSV09dUwrnlBjyQ/"><u>YouTube</u></a>. You can read a full transcript of this episode with timestamps <a href="https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/podcasts/vincent-sheu"><u>here</u></a>.</p>
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