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Areas of Expertise:

  • Child Advocacy

Shirley Terry Kennedy

 

Director of Child Advocacy Program

 

Education:

 

  • J.D., with High Honors, Mississippi College School of Law, 1991
  • B.F.A., with High Honors, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1975

 

Professional Experience:

 

  • Mississippi College School of Law
    • Instructor of Law, 2002-present
    • Coordinator of Child Advocacy Programs, 1999-present
    • Adjunct Professor of Law, 1996
  • Associate Attorney, Brunini, Granthum, Grower, & Hewes, Jackson, MS, 1991-1993
  • Law Clerk, Brunini, Granthum, Grower, & Hewes, Jackson, MS, 1990
  • Law Clerk, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, & Cannada, Jackson, MS, 1989 

 

Publications:

 

  • Note, Hurdling New Procedural Guidelines in  Disparate Impact Cases, 10 Miss. C.L. Rev 211(1990)   

 

Professional Memberships:

 

  • Member, Board of Directors for the Madison County Coalition for Children and Youth
  • Member, Citizens Review Panel for the Mississippi Department of Human Services Youth and Family Services
  • Member, Central Medical Association Auxilliary

 

Volunteer Work:

 

  • American Heart Association, Art for Heart, Event Co-Chairman
  • American Heart Association, Art for Heart, Silent Auction Chairman
  • St. Andrew's Designer Showhouse
  • Gabriel's Gift Volunteer

 

Bar Admissions:

 

  • Mississippi Bar Association