Mike Spivey is an author,[1] motivational speaker,[2] podcaster,[3] and the founder of The Spivey Consulting Group,[4] and he has been featured in national media outlets including The New York Times,[5] The Washington Post,[6] Reuters,[7] The Economist,[8] USA Today,[9] Inside Higher Ed,[10] the ABA Journal,[11][12] The Chronicle of Higher Education,[13] U.S. News & World Report,[14] CNN/Fortune,[15] Above the Law,[16][17] and Law.com.

[20] He is a co-author of The PowerScore/Spivey Consulting Law School Admissions Bible,[1] and his next book, We're All A Bit Messy,[21] is scheduled to be published in late 2023.

[22] He has published hundreds of articles on motivation, goal-setting, how to improve law schools, law school admissions, and legal employment[23] and has been featured as a speaker at colleges and universities, including presenting with Civil Rights Leader Representative John Lewis and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales at the University of Alabama.

[24][2] He hosts a podcast, "Status Check with Spivey,"[3] in which he speaks about legal education and admissions and has interviewed a number of psychologists and researchers, including Judson A.

Brewer,[25] Guy Winch,[26] Gabor Maté,[27] Anna Lembke,[28] and Kristin Neff.