The Kelley Institute is is dedicated to bringing legal thought leaders to the MSU Law campus. Now in its third year, the Institute’s lecture series has featured:
2011: Lisa Madigan
Attorney General of Illinois
"New Directions in Ethics: The Attorney General's Changing Role in the 21st Century"

2010: Deborah Rhode
Director, Stanford Center on the Legal Profession and Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law at Stanford Law School
“Lawyers and Leadership”

2009: David Wilkins
Vice Dean, Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession, Director, Program on the Legal Profession and Lester Kissel Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
“Revisiting the Public/Private Distinction in Legal Ethics: Lawyer Roles in the Age of Mobility”