Christopher Kelley

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About Christopher Kelley

I am an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, where I teach administrative law, rule of law, negotiation, legal writing, and agricultural environmental law. In 2022, I was awarded the Dean's Circle Teaching Award for my teaching at the School of Law and the Hoyt Purvis Faculty Award for my contributions to international education at the University of Arkansas. I also teach independently pro bono. For instance, I have independently taught pro bono negotiation and legal writing in English in person, remotely, or both at universities, law firms, NGOs, and the like in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania, Russia, Uzbekistan, Poland, and Kazakhstan. If you are interested in my teaching at your university, law firm, NGO, or other organization either in person or by distance, I will be pleased to hear from you. My email address is ckelley.christopher@gmail.com. I was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Ukraine (2005) and Moldova (2011). I served on the Board of Directors, Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology from 2011-2013 and on the Board of Directors of the Fulbright Association from 2014-2017. I previously was active in the American Bar American Bar Association, Section of International Law. I have served as a Co-Chair of the Section's International Legal Education and Specialist Certification Committee; the Co-Chair of the Planning Committee for the 2019 International Legal Exchange (ILEX) Program to Chisinau, Moldova; Kyiv, Ukraine; and Minsk, Belarus; the Deputy Rule of Law Officer from 2014 to 2015; a member of the ad hoc Working Group on Law Students from 2014-2015; a Senior Adviser to the Russia/Eurasia Committee from 2012 to 2015; a member of the ad hoc Working Group on Russian and Ukraine from 2014 to 2015; the Chair of the Public International Law Division I, from 2012 to 2014; as the Co-Chair, Russia/ Eurasia Committee from 2008 to 2011; and as a delegate on International Legal Exchange (ILEX) briefing trips to Australia, New Zealand, Jordan, Lebanon, and Poland. I also participated in the World Justice Program's World Justice Forums I, II (Vienna), IV, and V (The Hague). I also am a member of the International Bar Association. I have practiced law in large and small law firms and am admitted to practice in Minnesota, North Dakota, Arkansas, Georgia, and the District of Columbia. And I have taught at two other U.S. law schools.