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Shelley specializes in the representation of colleges and universities, independent and charter schools, social service agencies, cultural organizations and nonprofit entities; she has been practicing law for more than thirty years.

Shelley began her legal career in the labor department of Proskauer Rose, LLP, and served for a number of years as General Counsel and Secretary at Pratt Institute in New York.

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  • Listed in:
    • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
  • National Association of College and University Attorneys Distinguished Service Award, 2018
  • National Association of College and University Attorneys, Co-Coordinator of NYNACUA Affinity Group; Past Chair, Publications Committee
  • NY Nonprofit Coordinating Committee (NPCC) Government Relations Committee
  • Managing Editor, New York Law School Law Review

  • Panel Member, NLRB Update: Critical Information and Practical Guidelines for 2016, National Association of College and University Attorneys 2016 CLE Workshop, March 30, 2016
  • The "New" NLRB: (Almost) One Year Later, National Association of College and University Attorneys Annual Conference, June 24, 2014

  • Kehl, Shelley Sanders and Richard B. Crockett-Editors, "Accommodating Students With Learning and Emotional Disabilities: A Legal Compendium," NACUA, 1996

  • Board of Trustees, Blue Hill Public Library
  • Past Chair, Board of Directors, Marine Environmental Research Institute
  • Past Member, Board of Directors, National Association of College and University Attorneys
  • Past Member, New York City Bar Association Education Committee, NonProfit Committee and Task Force on the Status of Women Attorneys
  • Professor (Adjunct) New York University
  • Co-Chair, Yale College Parents Fund, Class of 2010
  • Past Council Member, Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club, Blue Hill, Maine