Kelly Orians

Decarceration and Community Reentry Clinic

Civil Rights
Prisoner reentry
Decarceration
Nonprofit Organizations
Race and law
Anti-Discrimination Law
Employment Discrimination
Transactional law and practice
Community Economic Development
Social Enterprise

District of Columbia
District of Columbia Bar
Since 2022
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Assistant Professor of Law, General Faculty Director
Decarceration and Community Reentry Clinic

Current

CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
THE FIRST 72+, New Orleans, LA
2015 –

2021

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
BARD EARLY COLLEGE OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, LA
2017 –

2020

STAFF ATTORNEY, SPECIAL LITIGATION DIVISION
ORLEANS PUBLIC DEFENDERS (OPD), New Orleans, LA
2015 –

2016

UCLA School of Law
J.D.
2012


2015

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University of Colorado – Boulder
B.A. | Majors: Political Science, Women and Gender Studies; Minor: Ethnic Studies
2004


2008

Honors: Summa cum laude honors
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District of Columbia Bar

Member
2022 –
Current
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Website


University of Virginia School of Law
580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
US