“In encouraging students to engage with the law and not treat law school as a perfunctory step to their careers, I help them realize that theory and practice are interconnected.  It's important to know why a rule or law exists in order to know how to use - or change - it.”

Professor Kellyn O. McGee is a sought-after expert on legal ethics, professionalism, and lawyer regulation, and has published articles on those subjects, as well as on the practices and techniques of mindfulness and psychological/emotional wellness.

Professor McGee earned her juris doctor from Howard University Law School and served on the Howard Law Journal as a special articles editor and also received a merit scholarship.

Prior to her arrival at Widener Law Commonwealth, she was the director of the Transition In Law Practice Program for the State Bar of Georgia. In that role, she managed the required mentoring and continuing legal education program for newly admitted lawyers. In a previous role, she was associate dean of students and associate professor at Savannah Law School, where she taught in the areas of legal ethics, civil procedure, and alternative dispute resolutions. Before entering academia, Professor McGee served as assistant general counsel for the State Bar of Georgia, litigating lawyer disciplinary cases and providing ethics advice to lawyers, law students, and paralegals.

Professor McGee served on the Atlanta Association’s CLE board of trustees, the board of directors for Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates (life member), and on the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Professionalism. She is a member of various bar and professional associations, including the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, Gate City Bar Association, Georgia Hispanic Bar Association, and the Lawyers Club of Atlanta.  

Outside of the classroom, she serves as a mediator and as a certified yoga teacher, and admits she is easily pulled to sandy beaches near blue water. In addition, she is a writer of fiction and nonfiction, with her work covering a variety of topics, including mortal turpitude in lawyer regulation, using pop culture as a teaching tool in law school courses, and Prince Rogers Nelson as a spiritual bandleader. 

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