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As a nationally respected law school admissions professional with thirty years of experience in law school administration, Mike Burns provides his clients with the guidance and support to craft effective, elevating, and authentic law school applications.
Throughout Mike’s career, he has served as an admissions officer at four law schools and evaluated more than 50,000 applications for law school admission. He is also a former board member of the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC).
Mike is passionate about diversity in legal education. He is a frequent speaker on college campuses about the law school admissions process, the benefits of a law school education, and how applicants can leverage their background and experiences to maximize their opportunities in the law school admissions process.
Mike is a 1992 graduate of DePaul University College of Law, where he was a member of the DePaul Law Review and served as Vice President of the Student Bar Association. In 2022 he received a Certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University.
Mike is a native of Chicago, where he currently lives with his wife and Shih-Tzu. His son Jordan is a graduate of Northwestern Law and currently working as Principal Corporate Counsel at Microsoft in New York. In his spare time, Mike enjoys riding motorcycles (more than one). He also plays and collects vintage electric and bass guitars.
MULTIPLE T-14 Acceptances by Mid-CycleAs a first-generation student entering the 2025 application cycle, I came into this process with so much self-doubt and anxiety. In particular, as a minority, I was concerned the contentiousness around DEI and affirmative action would render my stats inadequate and that my application materials would never be enough.I applied to a wide variety of law schools, nearly blanketing the T14. While I can't say my own tenacity did not play a part in my success so far, Spivey Consulting, particularly Spivey Consultant Michael Burns, provided me with more insight than I could have ever found on my own on how to succeed in such a competitive cycle. I truly feel the resources Spivey offered were instrumental to knowing how I could be the most strategic in leveraging who I really am outside of my statistics to law schools. With it only being the middle of the cycle, I have already been accepted to NYU, Northwestern, UCLA, and Vanderbilt. Moreover, I have also completed interviews with UChicago, Yale, and Harvard.
The opportunity to work with Spivey, specifically within the Spivey Pro Bono Program, embodies the difference between breaking generational curses for someone like me. Spivey has not only provided me with confidence in myself and the story I carry, but a little bit more faith in society to make the legal field more equitable.
With years of admissions experience and a personalized approach, we are here to guide you through the process and help you present your strongest application. Reach out today to get started.
