Kelly M. Feeley

Professor Kelly Feeley joined the Stetson faculty in 2000 and teaches Research & Writing I, Research & Writing II, and Interviewing & Counseling. Since 2001, she has been an integral part of Stetson's national award-winning advocacy program as the founder and faculty advisor (from 2001-2015) of Stetson's Dispute Resolution (DR) Board, which consists of the Arbitration, Client Counseling, Mediation, and Negotiation competition teams. Before, during, and after her time as the DR Board’s faculty advisor, she coached or co-coached numerous DR Board teams and helped those teams capture four national championships, six national finalist titles, five national semi-finalist titles, nine regional championships, and six regional finalist titles.

Since 2003, Professor Feeley has served on one or more American Bar Association Law Student Division Competitions Subcommittees for nineteen years taking a brief hiatus from 2009-2012. The ABA/LSD Competitions Subcommittees oversee the Arbitration, Client Counseling, Mediation, Negotiation, and National Appellate Advocacy Competitions available to students attending U.S. law schools. The Subcommittees are responsible to edit competition problems, propose and update competition rules, handle disputes during regional competitions, and run the national finals competitions. Since 2013, Professor Feeley has also served as the Competitions Committee Co-Chair overseeing all Competitions Subcommittees, while simultaneously serving as a member and/or chair of one or more Subcommittees.

Professor Feeley lectures on advocacy, research and writing, and interviewing and counseling. She has made short lectures available on interviewing, counseling, and negotiation through Stetson's Advocacy Center's Resource Center and has participated in several videos on elder law ethics that have been used nationwide. She has also been interviewed several times on television for her expertise in nonverbal communication and civil litigation.

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Professor Feeley graduated summa cum laude from Florida State University in 1992 with a degree in communication studies. She is a 1995 graduate of Stetson University College of Law where she was a member of both the Mock Trial Team and the Moot Court Board and was named to the Order of Barristers. From 1995 until August 2000, she handled all pre-litigation, litigation, and appellate matters in the area of personal injury law as an associate with DeBerg & Associates in St. Petersburg.

Professor Feeley served as the St. Petersburg Bar Association liaison for Stetson and on the St. Petersburg Bar executive committee from 2007-2009. She was a member of the Community Law Program Board from 2004-2009 and served as co-president of the Barney Masterson Inn of Court in 2005-2006.

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