Shelby Alexander

Shelby is a public defender with the Colorado State Office of the Public Defender in Colorado Springs, CO.

As a 3L, Shelby was an Immigration Clinic student and a Pro Bono Scholar for the Parole Project. While at Texas Law, she also served as a Change It Up! 2024 student planner and volunteered with the Mithoff Pro Bono Program's parole, expunction, driver's license recovery, SPEAK, wills, and immigration service trip projects. The summer after her 1L year, Shelby was a law clerk for the El Paso County Public Defender's Office and Texas RioGrande Legal Aid's Opioid Use Disorder Legal Support Project. During her 2L year, Shelby served as a board member for the Public Interest Law Association, a Pro Bono Scholar for the Parole Project, and was a student in the Criminal Defense and Housing clinics. The summer after her 2L year, Shelby worked in the Colorado State Public Defender's Alamosa office.