Kelly Lynn Anders
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
"For more than a century, Washburn University School of Law has been a vibrant and progressive community that encourages collegiality and promotes excellence. I am delighted to serve as Associate Dean for Student Affairs because it provides opportunities to work with students, faculty, administration, and the community while also contributing to the law school's wonderful tradition."
J.D., Pepperdine University, 1996
Mary Beth Bero
(785) 670-2460
Office 203
Externship I and II (Spring 2008)
Dean Anders developed and directs Washburn Law's Externship and Pro Bono Programs.
Before attending law school, Dean Anders was an Arts and Entertainment reporter for the Omaha World-Herald. She then accepted an Isaacson Fellowship in the Counseling Center at the University of Nebraska, where she counseled students and taught courses in Academic and Career Development. She later became a California Senate Fellow, which involved public policy research and media affairs in the office of the Senate President.
After law school, Dean Anders worked in public relations at Pepperdine University. She later moved to Denver, Colorado, to become a policy specialist at the National Conference of State Legislatures. In that capacity, she conducted broad research on topics of national interest, developed an externship program for law students, and taught the corresponding course at the University of Denver College of Law. She holds a certificate in alternative dispute resolution from the Straus Institute at Pepperdine University and has taught seminars in mediation. Other teaching experience includes law and art courses at the Art Institute of Colorado, and an Art Law course at Washburn.
Dean Anders is a 2001 recipient of the "Forty Under 40" award from the Denver Business Journal. A founding member of the Urban League Guild's Sacramento Chapter, she has served on the Board of Directors of Colorado Lawyers for the Arts and Opera Colorado. She is a member of the 2006 class of Leadership Topeka.
