Shanelle Holley

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Director of Conference Services  

Office of Public Programs and Continuing Legal Education

Shanelle joined Fordham Law School in the fall of 2015 as a Conference Administrator. She became the Senior Conference Administrator in 2017, the Associate Director in 2018 and was promoted to Director of Conference Services in 2022. In her position, she oversees the academic and event spaces, administers Continuing Legal Education programs, and plans and executes 150 conferences annually.

Prior to working at Fordham Law, she worked for 13 years with two different law firms in New York City: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and Outten & Golden LLP. She also has owned and operated an event planning business, Imaginative Creations by Shanelle, for the past nine years.

Her combined customer service and management experience with events and in the legal environment have proved a perfect match for our Office of Public Programs and Continuing Legal Education. Shanelle received her Bachelor of Arts in Government at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.