Professor Kelly focuses her scholarship primarily on public and private international law. She teaches New York Civil Practice, administrative law courses, and international business and trade law courses. Her numerous articles have appeared in leading law reviews and she has presented her work at leading forums worldwide. At Brooklyn Law School, she serves as Associate Director for the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law, and as the faculty advisor for the Brooklyn Journal of International Law. She is also the co-founder of the Law School’s Trade Secrets Institute, and was instrumental in creating fellowships for this institute.
Professor Kelly is a member of the American Law Institute, and has served on several bar committees. She serves on the board of directors of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA), and chairs CITBA’s Subcommittee on Trade Adjustment Assistance, in addition to co-authoring its Primer on Litigating Trade Adjustment Assistance Cases. Before joining the faculty at Brooklyn Law School, she practiced as an associate at Coudert Brothers, where she advised companies on governmental compliance and litigated a broad variety of international trade matters.
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