Kelly Moore, policy counsel for the ACLU of Connecticut (ACLU-CT)

Kelly McConney Moore

Former Interim Senior Policy Counsel + Policy Counsel

Bio

Kelly McConney Moore joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut (ACLU-CT) in 2019 and served as the organization's policy counsel, later interim senior policy counsel, until April 9, 2021. As the ACLU-CT’s interim senior policy counsel, Kelly promoted greater societal justice and liberty by planning and implementing policy initiatives, specifically through legislative policy research, analysis, drafting, and advocacy. Her primary responsibilities included developing and executing the ACLU-CT’s legislative agenda, engaging with administrative agencies and local government bodies, and working with fellow advocacy organizations to advance shared goals. Prior to joining the ACLU-CT, Kelly was president of a legal research and writing consulting firm. Before that, she was in private practice, where she accrued significant experience in the courtroom and in arbitration. Contemporaneously with her professional endeavors, Kelly served as the Deputy Florida Leader for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and was been a community organizer for faith-based justice initiatives and immigrants’ rights. Kelly received her J.D. from the University of Florida, where she served as research editor of the Florida Law Review.

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The death penalty showed why we need prosecutorial accountability.

History could keep repeating itself without rules to start holding state’s attorneys to commonsense best practices.
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State’s attorneys’ term lengths are extreme outliers in Connecticut and across the country

In our state, the top prosecutors in each judicial district go for eight years without any external oversight. A bill in the legislature could change that.

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Kelly Moore, policy counsel for the ACLU of Connecticut (ACLU-CT)

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Kelly Moore is the ACLU of Connecticut’s new policy counsel. In this interview, she talks about her long history of loving the ACLU, the somewhat behind-the-scenes role that she will play at the ACLU of Connecticut, and her not-so-behind-the-scenes appearance on a TV show.