Kelly Lise Murray
Instructor in Law
J.D. Harvard University
A.B. Stanford University
Room No. 043a
Phone: 615-343-5806
Fax: 615-322-6631
Email: kelly.murray@vanderbilt.edu
Articles and Shorter Pieces
Co-Author, “Foreign Parent Corporation Liability for Subsidiary Corporations in the United States,” 1993 Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business.
Courses
Legal Writing
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Before joining Vanderbilt as a legal writing instructor in 2005, Kelly Murray practiced commercial litigation in Chicago for six years before cofounding a craft and children’s product design, licensing, manufacturing and distribution company. As an undergraduate, Murray spent two academic terms in tutorials at Oxford University and served as a research assistant for a member of Parliament in Britain’s House of Commons during the 1987 General Election in the United Kingdom. While pursuing her law studies, she was a teaching fellow at Harvard College. Her background includes product design, and she has licensed or sold products and designs to major national manufacturers and stores, including Toys R Us/Babies R Us, Meijer Stores, the JoAnn Stores, QVC, Crayola®/Binney & Smith, Springs Industries. Her innovative craft and juvenile products have won numerous awards, including the National Parenting Center Seals of Approval, Dr. Toy Awards/100 Best Children’s Products, and NAPPA (National Parenting Publication Award). She currently serves as a licensing agent and marketing consultant to consumer product manufacturers and professional organizations.
