Kevin M. Zielinski is the Associate Counsel for Legal Reform & Oversight at the Institute for Reforming Government. His work advances IRG’s mission to promote accountable, limited, and effective governance.
Before joining IRG full-time, Kevin was the IRG Hamilton Roddis Court Watch Fellow. During law school, he interned with the Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office and later joined Crossroad Legal, LLC, assisting in Second Amendment litigation across Illinois.
Kevin earned his Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University School of Law, where he served as President of the Federalist Society.
In addition to his legal research and policy work, Kevin serves as a Clinical Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s College of Business and Analytics, where he teaches Legal and Social Environment of Business and mentors pre-law students. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
