Originally published under www.professorcaryshelby.com in December 2020. The chaos of our home always seemed to intensify during the...

Originally published under www.professorcaryshelby.com in August 2020. My first couple of years working as a transactional lawyer at a...

Euphoria enveloped the nation when Beyoncè’s Renaissance tour was announced to the public. Conference calls were immediately scheduled by...

The word entitlement is typically associated with negative connotations. The Meriam-Webster dictionary defines it in part as a “belief...

As published in Law.com on July 29, 2022: “No one understands your circumstances and how hard you have to work,” said Cary Martin Shelby,...

I vividly recall walking to my first 1L exam. That three-block walk from my son’s daycare to the law school seemed to take all of...

Today, on my 40th birthday, I have fought the urge to tell my younger self what I should have done, or who I should have been. I have...

“I think that you would be an excellent law professor.” It was nearly impossible for me to envision my professor’s observation. I had...

I used to think that you were nonexistent. Fantasies of what you could have felt like appeared in my dreams. Seeing others freely...

Awaiting Derek Chauvin’s verdict for George Floyd’s murder propelled me into an agonizing blend of sorrow and anger yet again. Before I...

“We are so sorry. Your father passed away early this morning.” Even though I knew that the call was coming, nothing could prepare me for...