Overview

Kelly Beskin is an attorney in Stoel Rives’ Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources group.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Kelly was a judicial extern to the Honorable Dennis M. Cota of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California and a legal intern at the California Energy Commission, Chief Counsel’s Office.

Prior to law school, Kelly obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in entomology. Her background includes an internship with the collections department of the San Diego Natural History Museum between her undergraduate and graduate studies. Kelly leverages her background in science to provide effective solutions to complex client issues.

Education

University of California, Davis School of Law, J.D., 2021; Top 5%; Order of the Coif; UC Davis Law Review; Dean’s Merit Scholarship; King Hall Academic Excellence Scholarship

Texas A&M University, M.S., Entomology, 2016

University of Georgia, B.S., Environmental Sciences/Entomology, 2013

Admissions

California

Languages

  • Spanish

Insights

Insights & Presentations

  • “Prop 65 Updates: Chrome VI in leather, BPA in socks, new short form warning labels,” Footwear Distributors and Retailers Association (FDRA) Footwear Product Safety Digital Conference, April 7, 2022
  • Co-author, “9th Circuit Ruling Halts Prop 65 Acrylamide Lawsuits, Again,” The Recorder, Law.com, March 31, 2022
  • “Larval digestion of different manure types by the black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) impacts associated volatile emissions.” Waste Management 74 (2018): 213-220
  • Co-author, Rural California Suffers a Painful Shortage of Lawyers (July 27, 2020). Daily Journal (California), UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3677582
  • Co-author, A Survey of Policy Responses to the Rural Attorney Shortage in the United States (May 24, 2021). Working Paper/Chapter for International Collection on Rural Access to Justice (Daniel Newman and Faith Gordon, eds., forthcoming, Hart Publishing 2022), UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3830797

Recognition

  • Witkin Award Recipient (highest class grade) in Civil Procedure, Contracts, Torts, Constitutional Law I, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property, Evidence, Land Use Planning, and Public Lands Law

Affiliations

Professional

  • Environmental Law Certificate
  • Environmental Law Society, Symposium Committee Co-Chair (2019–2020)

Industries

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