Kelly Lynn Anders, J.D.
Director of Communications & Diversity 
T: (402) 280-2348
F: (402) 280-3161
kellyanders@creighton.edu 

Kelly Lynn Anders has nearly 20 years of experience in writing, editing, publication design, media relations, and strategic communications in the education, government, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. She has taught courses at the Art Institute of Colorado, University of Denver College of Law, McGeorge Law School, Washburn University School of Law, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Before joining Creighton, Anders was the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Director of the Externship Program at Washburn University School of Law. She earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism (with minors in Art, French, and History) from the University of Nebraska, and a juris doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Law. She is certified in dispute resolution from Pepperdine's Straus Center for Dispute Resolution.

Anders is a member of the American Bar Association's Consortium on Professionalism Initiatives, the ALI-ABA Diversity Advisory Committee, the Diversity Subcommittee of the Nebraska Minority Justice Committee, and is a former Vice Chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on Visual and Dramatic Works. She formerly chaired the Kansas Bar Association's Diversity Committee, and published a monthly column on diversity issues in the Kansas Bar Journal. Previous board memberships include Colorado Lawyers for the Arts, Opera Colorado, and the Topeka Performing Arts Center.

Anders was recognized among "Forty under 40" by the Denver Business Journal in 2001, and she is a member of the 2006 class of Leadership Topeka. She currently serves as a member of the editorial boards of Court Review and The Nebraska Lawyer, and has published articles in the South Texas Law Review, Oklahoma City University Law Review, New York Law Journal, Kansas City Daily Record, National Law Journal, State Legislatures, The Legislative Lawyer, and the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing. 

Before beginning her career in law, Anders was a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald. She is the author of The Organized Lawyer (Carolina Academic Press, 2009) and Advocacy to Zealousness: Learning Lawyering Skills from Classic Films (Carolina Academic Press, 2012). 

A full list of publications and presentations may be found here.

Course & Presentation Topics:

Art Law
Ethical Use of Social Media
Law & Popular Culture
Professionalism