Cecelia Burke, Deputy Director
ILTF Institute for Estate Planning and Probate

Cecelia Burke is Deputy Director at the Institute for Indian Estate Planning and Probate, an Indian Land Tenure Foundation project located at Seattle University School of Law.  In addition to her work with the Institute, Burke teaches an Indian estate planning clinical course at the University and provides estate planning training to legal services attorneys and the private bar nationwide.  Burke has authored numerous Indian will and estate planning documents, including templates and charts illustrating intestate succession under the recently enacted American Indian Probate and Reform Act (AIPRA).  Previously, she worked for the University of Idaho Estate Planning Project, providing estate planning services to tribal members on the Upper Skagit and Swinomish reservations in Washington.

Burke holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and a law degree from Seattle University School of Law.