University of Baltimore law professor James J. Kelly to present lecture on working with the poor James J. Kelly, Jr. an assistant professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, will present a lecture on his experiences working with the disadvantaged and underserved in Baltimore on Thursday, Feb. 15. The event, sponsored by the College’s Catholic Social Thought Committee, begins at 7 p.m. in the 4th Floor Program Room on the College’s North Charles Street campus. Kelly, who holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from Columbia University, previously served as the Executive Director of Save a Neighborhood and as a legal consultant for Baltimore’s Project 5000, which assist the city in gaining title to and clearing vacant properties. He also worked for the Community Law Center, a legal services organization that concentrates on neighborhood improvement efforts. Today, he focuses his teaching on preparing law students to focus on housing issues that affect the poor. Prior to moving to Baltimore in 1999, Kelly represented tenants and tenant groups for the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp., work funded by the Skadden Fellowship Foundation. Kelly, whose efforts to assist the poor with their housing struggles have been recognized by the Archdiocese of Baltimore, is currently working on a book that suggests ways for law students to use their degrees to improve housing situations in distressed neighborhoods. | 
