Education

UCLA School of Law, J.D. (2011)

  • Order of the Coif
  • UCLA Law Review, Managing Editor
  • Morris Greenspan Memorial Prize (best comment in international law)

California Polytechnic State University, B.S., Economics (2007)

Experience

Peking University School of Transnational Law, C.V. Starr Lecturer (2011–12)

  • Teach legal writing, contract drafting, and appellate advocacy.
  • Research and write on constitutional and international criminal law.

New Media Rights, Fellow (2011–12)

  • Analyze emerging legal and policy issues in Internet and technology law.

Gorman & Miller, Law Clerk (2010–11)

  • Wrote memoranda on complex business litigation matters.

UCLA School of Law, Research Assistant (2010–11)

  • Researched and wrote analytical memoranda on international criminal law and the efficiency of environmental laws. 
  • Edited—both substantively and stylistically—a book manuscript on international criminal law. 

United States Air Force JAG Corps, Law Clerk (Summer 2009)

  • Researched and wrote analytical memoranda on civil and criminal law issues.
  • Drafted and reviewed government contracts. 

Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Judicial Extern (Summer 2008)

  • Analyzed prosecution and defense briefs and wrote memoranda assessing their merits.
Publications

Personal Immunity and President Omar Al Bashir: An Analysis Under Customary International Law and Security Council Resolution 1593, 16 UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs (forthcoming 2012)

Saving Libraries But Not Librarians, L.A. Times (2011)