Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School
Kelly is a full-time faculty member at Rutgers Law School teaching Legal Analysis, Writing, Research and Skills (LAWRS). Before joining Rutgers in 2015, Kelly was an adjunct instructor at Seton Hall University School of Law from 2011-2014. From 2010-2018, Kelly was Of Counsel to the firm Kates, Nussman, Rapone, Ellis & Farhi in Hackensack, N.J. Kelly was brought in as an experienced attorney to assist the firm in its litigation and zoning cases.
Kelly began her legal career at the firm of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine in New York where she practiced commercial litigation and bankruptcy. She also worked as a trial attorney for the Administration for Children’s services handling hundreds of abuse and neglect cases from inception through trial. Kelly transitioned to GMHC, Inc. – the largest private AIDS organization in the world where she was initially responsible for managing its family law practice and eventually supervised the majority of the legal department including family law, housing rights, social security law, trusts and estates and bankruptcy.
Kelly is a graduate of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and Cornell University.