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University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, CA
• J.D. Candidate, Expected: May 2010
• Ph.D. Student, Jurisprudence & Social Policy Program, Expected: May 2011
• Disciplinary Field Exam: Sociology of Law (with Distinction)

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
• B.A., Sociology (Honors), Political Science (Honors), Legal Studies, 2006

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
• Winner (Best Oralist), James Patterson McBaine Honors Moot Court Competition (2009)
• Jurisprudence Award, Quantitative Methods II (First in Class) (2009)
• Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure (First in Class) (2007)

Northwestern University
• Sociology Senior Thesis with Distinction & Departmental Honors (2006)
• Political Science Honors Thesis & Departmental Honors (2006)

University of California, Berkeley
• Mentored Research Award (Merit-Based Funding Award) (2009-2010)
• Berkeley Empirical Legal Studies (BELS) Fellowship (Merit-Based Funding Award) (2010)
• Judge Martin Pence Scholarship (Multi-Year Berkeley Law Scholarship) (2007-2010)
• Regents-Intern Fellowship (Merit-Based Multi-Year Funding Award) (2006-2008)

Northwestern University
• Summer Undergraduate Research Grant ($3,000) (2005)

University of California, Berkeley
• Co-Director, James Patterson McBaine Honors Moot Court Competition (2009-2010)
• Member, Berkeley Law Board of Advocates (2009-2010)
• Treasurer & Vice-President, Law & Society Student Forum / Law & Society Graduate Association (2007-2009)

LEGAL
United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC
• Summer Law Intern (Paid), Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch (Summer 2010)
• Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP)
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, Oakland, CA
• Summer Associate (Summer 2008, Summer 2009 (Split))
United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC
• Summer Law Intern (Paid), Tax Division, Civil Trial Section, Eastern Region (Summer 2009 (Split))
• Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP)
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, San Francisco, CA
• Summer Associate (Summer 2009 (Split))
Hawaii State Judiciary, Honolulu, HI
• Program Planner/Paid Consultant, Family Court of the First Circuit, Hawaii Girls Court (2006)
• Volunteer Judge's Aide to the Honorable Karen M. Radius, Hawaii State Judiciary, Family Court of the First Circuit (Summer 2004, Summer 2005)

ACADEMIC
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
• Research Assistant, Center on Health, Economic, and Family Security (Spring 2010-Present)
• Research Assistant, Professor Herma Hill Kay (Summer 2009-Present)
• Research Assistant & Project Manager, Professor Lauren B. Edelman (Summer 2007-Summer 2009)
• Mellon-USLI Research Fellow, Legal Studies Department (Professor Jonathan S. Simon) (Spring 2008-Spring 2009)
• Teaching Assistant, Quantitative Methods (Professors Daniel L. Rubinfeld & Justin R. McCrary) (Spring 2008)
• Research Assistant, Professor Anne Joseph O'Connell (Fall 2007-Spring 2008)
• Research Assistant, Professor Kenneth A. Bamberger (Spring 2007-Summer 2007)
Northwestern University
• Research Assistant, Professors Robert L. Nelson & Laura Beth Nielsen, American Bar Foundation (Spring 2005, Fall 2006-Spring 2006)
• Research Assistant, Professor Linda A. Teplin, Psycholegal Studies Program (Fall 2005-Spring 2006)

TECHNICAL
Northwestern University Information Technology (NUIT)
• Senior Residential Networking Consultant (Spring 2004-Spring 2006)
• Residential Networking Consultant (Fall 2003-Spring 2004)

American Economics Association (Invited Presentation), January 2010, Atlanta, GA
• "Experiments on Tax Salience" (with David S. Gamage & Andrew T. Hayashi)
Law & Society Association, May 2009, Denver, CO
• "The Socio-Legal Environments of Schools" (with Lauren B. Edelman)
Adult & Juvenile Female Offenders (Invited Presentation), 11th National Conference, October 2005, Minneapolis, MN
• "Due Process & New Process: Exploring Due Process Rights for Juvenile Status Offenders & Institutional Change"

American Sociological Association (ASA)
Law & Society Association (LSA)

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