“Suits” creator and showrunner Aaron Korsh talked to Deadline about these changes. Korsh said Mike will definitely stick a little while longer, considering that a big part of the deal is for him to work on cases with the clinic. He said, “Harvey knows you can’t make this deal with Mike and then just expect it to go away.
After Mike gets out of prison, he looks for jobs with several legal clinics in the city, but ends up falling short because the application forms all ask if he is a convicted felon. The legal clinics looked into him, then phoned Anita Gibbs, presumably to ask about his character.
After Louis finds out that Mike never went to law school, their relationship becomes strained. He makes him memorize every case that he ever did and he even uses Rachel to break him. Eventually, Harvey takes Mike and Louis on a road trip to McKernon motors, and forces them to talk to each other.
After Jack Soloff and the other partners at PSL acknowledge Mike's worth to the firm, he is promoted from junior associate to junior partner. He was arrested for conspiracy to commit fraud in the season 5 summer finale, and was involved in a trial against the U.S Attorney's Office for his illegal practicing of law.
Finally, some good news. During Wednesday's Suits season finale, Mike officially became a lawyer when he made it into the bar, thanks to a last-minute save from Jessica. The firm's former boss lady came back just in time to take the fall for employing a fraud and to put Anita Gibbs in her place.
Well, Suits finally did it! After five seasons as a fraud and six episodes as a legal consultant, Mike (Patrick J. Adams) has finally become a lawyer.
Character Information He is married to Rachel Zane. He was hired by Harvey Specter, a senior partner at Pearson Hardman, as an associate lawyer, despite Mike not having graduated college or having a law degree.
Mike agrees to work for Harvey again in return for funding the clinic for two years, extra money for him and Rachel as a soon-to-be married couple, maintaining a relationship with the clinic, amending the 'Harvard rule' of only hiring Harvard graduates as associates at the firm and getting Harvey's office, who in turn ...
Mike Ross pled guilty to fraud and found himself sentenced to two years behind bars. Fans expected him to get a pass yet again, but Aaron Korsh made it clear during the break that that wasn't going to happen. However, it looks like he won't be in prison for the full two seasons.
Rachel Elizabeth Zane, J.D. is an attorney and former associate and paralegal at Specter Litt, the daughter of Robert Zane and the wife of Mike Ross.
Nope. In the show so far i.e Season 6, Mike never went to Harvard. Although, he is in the Harvard database and is a practicing attorney.
Mike Ross is finally legit. After six seasons of faking it, along with a detour to investment banking and a prison stint, Mike (Patrick J. Adams) -- with some help from Jessica (Gina Torres) (!) --- passed the bar on Wednesday's Season 6 finale of Suits.
The USA television series Suits revolves around Mike Ross practicing law without a degree and about trying to keep that secret. Mike Ross is clearly capable of being a lawyer. He passed the bar exam (albeit probably not under his own name).
After succeeding in this despite the risks, Mike was freed from prison in season six, episode nine. In the moving scene, viewers watched him reunite with Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) who reassured him that his deal worked out.
That's what Mike Ross learns in “Trust.” After agreeing to turn on his cellmate Kevin Miller, Mike finds out that carrying out his new mission is much harder than he thought.
After Sheila gives birth to a daughter, Harvey and Donna reveal to Louis that they are resigning from the firm and moving to Seattle to work with Mike and Rachel. Though this is what Harvey told Faye, he admits that while he likes working in the grey, he wants to do it for the good guys.