Kelly Behre to Direct King Hall Family Protection and Legal Assistance Clinic

Kelly Behre, a former Visiting Associate Professor at West Virginia University College of Law and Acting Director of the Domestic Violence Law Clinic at the University of Alabama School of Law, has joined the UC Davis School of Law faculty as Director of the Family Protection and Legal Assistance Clinic.

Behre has more than 15 years of experience working with victims of domestic and sexual violence. From 2011-2014, she developed a Domestic and Sexual Assault Clinic at the West Virginia University College of Law and taught courses in Family Law and Professional Responsibility as a Visiting Associate Professor. From 2009-2011, she was Acting Director of the Domestic Violence Law Clinic and Visiting Assistant Professor of Clinical Legal Education at the University of Alabama School of Law. Behre also served as a staff attorney at the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence and at the Sexual Assault Legal Institute of the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Behre has published scholarly works on pro bono work and family law issues, and has provided trainings to legal professionals and advocacy groups on domestic and sexual violence law, legal education issues, and public interest law. She earned her law degree from Washington and Lee University and her undergraduate degree from Emory University.