Kevin Connelly

Kevin Connelly is a Full Time Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School of Law, where he has taught since 2003. He holds a JD from Boston College Law School, an MA from Indiana University, and a BA from the University of Massachusetts–Amherst.

• Teaching Areas: Legal Writing, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Trial Practice, Torts, Evidence, and Massachusetts Evidence Programs.
• Professional Background: Former Assistant District Attorney in Boston (1986–1988), Chief of the Major Offenders’ Bureau, Assistant Attorney General in the Massachusetts Environmental Crimes Strike Force (1990–1992), and Assistant District Attorney for Bristol District (1992–2005), serving as Chief of Homicide and Chief of Appeals.
• Awards: Elected Prosecutor of the Year by the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association in 2000.
• Committee Roles: Member and co-Reporter of the National Prosecution Standards revision committee (2004–2007), and member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law (2006–2008).
• Publications: Contributing author to the Massachusetts Superior Court Criminal Practice Jury Instructions (1999) and co-author of Closing Arguments: What Can and Cannot Be Said (1996).
• Notable Contributions: Faculty Advisor to the Family Law Moot Court team at Southern New England School of Law (2003), and involvement in revising national prosecution standards.