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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Law, June 2011 – Present
Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, Indiana
Legal Writing and Reasoning I & II.
Food Law & Policy.
Adjunct Professor, January 2010 – May 2011
University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, NH
Courses taught: Appellate Advocacy, a two-credit upper-level writing course. Fall 2010.
Judicial Opinion Drafting, a two-credit upper-level writing course. Spring 2010 and 2011.
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
Litigation Associate, September 2010 – May 2011
Sheehan, Phinney, Bass + Green P.A., Manchester, NH
Specializing in business and employment law.
Law Clerk, August 2009 – August 2010
New Hampshire Supreme Court, Chambers of the Honorable Carol Ann Conboy, Concord, NH
Conducted research. Assisted Judge in preparing cases for decision and oral argument. Drafted opinions.
Law Clerk Intern, Fall 2008
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Chambers of the Honorable Jeffrey Howard, Concord, NH
Conducted research. Assisted Judge in preparing cases for decision and oral argument. Drafted opinions.
Summer Law Clerk, Summer 2007
New Hampshire Supreme Court, Chambers of the Honorable Gary Hicks, Concord, NH
Conducted research. Assisted Judge in preparing cases for decision and oral argument. Drafted opinions.
EDUCATION
Franklin Pierce Law Center (University of New Hampshire School of Law), Concord, NH
Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, May 2009
Robert Viles Public Interest Fellowship, awarded to a student committed to a career in public interest law.
Daniel Webster Scholar. Graduate of practice-based bar licensing honors program.
Chief Articles Editor, Pierce Law Review
University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, First (Highest) Honors, December 2003
Master of Arts in Peace and Development Studies
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship
Dissertation: Origins of Ethic Conflict: The Basque Country and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Keynote speaker at the 2004 Centre for Peacebuilding “Weaving the Web of Peace” Conference, Limavady,
Northern Ireland
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, summa cum laude, May 2002
Majors: Political Science, Philosophy; Minors: Spanish, History
Honors Program Member. Senior Thesis entitled, The Czech Republic’s Accession into NATO and the European Union
Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA), Guadalajara, Mexico, Mexican History and Culture Program
Charles University and the University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic, Central and Eastern European
Studies Program
Professor Timothy H. Scully Award for Excellence in Political Science
2002 University of Scranton Merit Award for Academic Excellence and Athletic Achievement
SCHOLARSHIP AND PRESENTATIONS
Article, Judicial Decisionmaking and the Limits of Perception: Mitigating Implicit Bias with Judicial Empathy, B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. (forthcoming
2013).
Article, A National “Natural” Standard for Food Labeling, Maine L. Rev. (forthcoming 2013).
Article, The Safeway Amendment’s Wellness Programs: A Tool for Obesity Prevention or Impediment to Public Health Reform? (Work-in-progress).
Co-author with Mitchell Simon and Nick Smith, Apologies and Fitness to Practice Law: A Practical Framework for Evaluating
Remorse in the Bar Admission Process, 2012 Prof. Law. 37 (2012).
Published article, Revisiting the Regulation Debate: The Effect of Food Marketing on Childhood Obesity, 7 Pierce L. Rev. 205
(2009).
Presenter, Judicial Opinion Writing: A Teacher-Ready Toolkit, with Ruth C. Vance, Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing
Conference, Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Tempe, AZ (March 23-24, 2012).
Presenter, Insights From the Bench and Bar: Ethical Dilemmas Commonly Faced In Practice, Central States Regional Legal
Writing Conference, John Marshall School of Law, Chicago, IL (September 16, 2011).
Presenter, Beyond the Brief: Preparing Students for the Pitfalls of Practice, Empire State Regional Legal Writing Conference, St.
John’s University School of Law, New York, NY (May 13, 2011).
Presenter, Beyond the Brief: Preparing Students for the Pitfalls of Practice, Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conference,
University of Nevada Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, NV (March 25-26, 2011).
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