Prior to joining the firm, Kelsi served as a legal intern at the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic. While there she worked with a team to research and draft appellate briefs for noncriminal civil rights cases, including a reply brief to the United States Supreme Court. Kelsi also served as a summer associate at the firm in 2020. Additionally, Kelsi was a senior editor for Penn State Law Review, a competitor for the National Mock Trial team, and the Student Bar Association President during her third year at Penn State Law. Kelsi was selected as a member of the Order of Barristers for her excellence in courtroom advocacy and joined Penn State Law’s trial advocacy faculty after graduation.
Kelsi graduated from Penn State Law in 2021 with concentrations in Arbitration, Mediation, and Negotiation, Advocacy and Litigation, and Race, Law, and Equity.