Kellye Y. Testy
Washington, DC
The Association of American Law Schools
Indiana University
Indiana University, McKinney School of Law
Kellye Y. Testy is the Executive Director and CEO of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). From 2017 to 2024, she served as president and chief executive officer of the Law School Admission Council since 2017. She joined LSAC after an eight-year term as University of Washington School of Law’s first woman dean, prior to which she was a professor and dean at Seattle University School of Law, founding numerous programs. Testy teaches law and leadership at several law schools. In addition to leadership, her areas of expertise include corporate law and governance, gender and law, and higher education.
A nationally sought-after speaker on leadership and legal education, Testy also serves on several corporate and nonprofit boards. Prior to her appointment as the Executive Director of AALS, she served on it's Executive Committee and as President in 2016. She has been active on committees and initiatives of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Testy is a first-generation college graduate who earned her journalism and law degrees from Indiana University in her hometown of Bloomington, graduating summa cum laude from IU Maurer School of Law, where she was editor-in-chief of the Indiana Law Journal. After graduating, she clerked for Judge Jesse E. Eschbach, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
