Dr. Beverly Baker-Kelly

Education

School of Law and Honors

J.D., University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall,
LL.M., University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 2016-2018 (PLLM: Professional LL.M. program); Berkeley School of Law Scholarship

Lifelong Learning Pursuit Certificates
Berkeley Law, Advanced Executive Education: 2016, (1) Evidence & (2) Contracts; Summer, 2021 (1) Remedies, (2) Torts, (3) Advanced Contracts, and (4) Legal Ethics in the Practice of Law,

Advanced Legal Research & Writing Certificate Course, Fall, 2021, The Center for Legal Studies (CLS) BARBRI.

Negotiation & Influence, Haas School of Business, Berkeley Executive Education. Fall 2021

Ambassador, (honorary), UC, Berkeley School of Law, Advanced Degree Program, Gulf region countries, 2018-2019
Fulbright Scholar, Modern College of Business and Science (MCBS), Muscat, Sultanate of Oman 2010-2011

Associate Editor, California Law Review
Articles Editor, Black Law Journal
Student Honor Society, University of California at Berkeley

Other Degrees and Honors

Ph.D., M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sociology Ed.

D, M.Ed., Columbia University, Teachers College, New York Department of Philosophy & Social Sciences: International and Comparative Education, Columbia, School of International Affairs
M.A., Dept. of Guidance Counseling & Student Personnel Administration in Higher Education, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York
Certificate of African Studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Columbia University
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Arabic Summer Intensive Language Program, Middlebury Language Schools,
Middlebury, Vermont, Tuition stipend awarded, Summer, 2020Arabic
Columbia University Scholarship, Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
Harvard University Fellowship (three years)
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, Harvard University
Harvard University, Intensive Summer Seminar on Dispute Resolution
Josephine de Karman Fellowship (U. of Michigan, undergraduate)

Experience Summary

  • East Bay Law School, Oakland, California, Professor & Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Dean of Quality Assurance and Accreditation; Quality Assurance Advisor with Professor Emerson Stafford
  • Deputy Registrar, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda- highest ranking American at the Tribunal
  • Southern Poverty Law Center, Summer Associate: Legal Research
    Montgomery, Alabama
  • Law School Teaching, Professor of Commercial Law, Modern College of Business and Science, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, Professor of Law, 2010 – to the present, Department of Management and Law, Faculty of Business and Commercial Law, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
  • Coordinator of Internships for Commercial Law students 2017 to present, inter alia.
  • Howard University School of Law, Visiting Associate Professor
    Washington, D.C.,
  • CLEO Program, Howard University, School of Law, Professor of Law;
    Academic Advisor
  • Director of the Academic Support Program, Lecturer in Law, University of California, Berkeley Law

Selected Publications

  • Journal article: Baker-Kelly, B. Factors Influencing the passing of the Bar Examination in California. NBI, National Bar Institute [serial online] 2020 Jan-Mar [2020 Jun 5]; 1(1):[24 screens] No.15 al2, pages 151-6)
  • Conference paper: Baker-Kelly B, Green I, McQueary Smith, B. Enforcement of prohibition of police tactics which disproportionately kill African Americans in selected states within the United States. In: Conference Proceedings for the National Bar Association, 95th conference, virtual meeting July, 24, 2020, Washington, DC, 2020 p. 151-6.
  • Democratic National Committee Black Caucus: Baker-Kelly, B, Dyson, E.M., Waters. M., Rollins, V.M., Cochran, C., Buttigieg, P., editors. Our values: a tribute to our leaders. Detroit, Michigan Greater Grace temple, 16 August, 2020. Live
  • Scientific or technical report: Issued by funding/sponsoring agency: Baker-Kelly, B, Halliday J. Payment for childcare facilities billed during skilled nursing facility stays. Final report. South Bend: Dept of Health and Human services, Office of evaluation and Inspections, Report No. GGSIO GE169223785. To be published Oct. 2022
  • Newspaper article: Baker-Kelly B. Hospitalization with venerators during the first phase of Covid-19, Piedmont Post, Piedmont, California 2022 February 21; sect. A:3 (col.5) – to be published
  • Conference participation: Baker-Kelly, B and Judge Peter J Herbert, National Bar Association, Accra, Ghana, July 29, 2020, Virtual Meeting