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DREXEL UNIVERSITY EARLE MACK SCHOOL OF LAW
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PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104
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DREXEL UNIVERSITY EARLE MACK SCHOOL Philadelphia, PA
ACADEMICOF LAWJune, 2006 - Present
APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor of Law
? Teach Contracts, Contract Theory, First
Amendment, and Elements of Law.
? Served on multiple committees, including
Curriculum (2009-Present; Chair 2009-2010),
Long-Range Planning (2006-2008),
Appointments (2006-2008), Self-Study (2007-
2008), Student Professional Development
(Chair,
2006-2007), Librarian Search
(Co-
Chair,
2005-2006).
? Faculty advisor to ACS Student Chapter;
student Philosophy Club.
Villanova, PA
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAWJanuary, 2010 - June, 2010
Adjunct Professor of Law
? Taught a large section of 130 first-year
students the basic Contracts course.
Assistant Professor of Legal Writing
May, 2004May, 2006
? Taught first-year Legal Analysis, Writing and
Oral Advocacy course. Received highest
ranking for excellence in teaching after first
semester.
Campus Citizenship and Associational Freedom:
PUBLICATIONS Forthcoming
An Aristotelian Approach to the Nondiscrimination
20 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J.
Puzzle (applying a virtue jurisprudence lens to the
conflict between a public university?s First
Amendment right to control campus speech and
the student groups? First Amendment right to
expressive association).
Virtue and Contract Law (considering how aretaic
88 Oregon L. Rev. 703 (2009)
legal theory better captures parties? dual intents in
contract than current theoretical approaches).
71 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 279 (2009)
Private Law, Public Consequences, and Virtue
Jurisprudence (reviewing Virtue Jurisprudence,
Farrelly and Solum eds., 2008).
Considering Standing, Sincerity and
2006 BYU L. Rev. 71 (2006)
Antidiscrimination (analyzing the implicit
requirement of sincerity in the injury-in-fact test
of standing in reverse discrimination cases).
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Comment, Class-Based Preferences in Affirmative 64 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1289 (1997)
Action Programs After Miller v. Johnson: A Race-
Neutral Option or Subterfuge? (analyzing whether
the Court?s voting rights jurisprudence suggests
that class-based affirmative action preferences are
unconstitutional).
Subjectivity, Objectivity and Sincerity in Contract
ACADEMIC PROJECTS In Progress
(analyzing how courts evaluate evidence of
parties? intent in contract disputes).
Multiple Ends of Contract Law: A Convergence of
In Progress
Virtue Jurisprudence, Relational Theory, and
Marketing Literature.
Villanova University School of Law, Symposium on
PRESENTATIONS Villanova, PA
Moral Foundations of Private Law: Presenting
Forthcoming March, 2012
Multiple Ends of Contract Law: A Convergence of
Virtue Jurisprudence, Relational Theory and
Marketing Literature (by invitation).
University of Pittsburgh Law School, Faculty
Pittsburgh, PA
Colloquia Series: Presenting Campus Citizenship
September, 2011
and Associational Freedom (by invitation).
Annual Meeting of the Association of Law, Culture
Las Vegas, NV
and Humanities: Presented work-in-progress
March, 2011
entitled The First Amendment Goes to College.
Annual Meeting of the Association of Law, Culture
Providence, RI
and Humanities: presented work-in-progress on
March, 2010
panel entitled Law and Culture: Self, Community,
and the State.
Las Vegas, NV
Spring Contracts Conference, UNLV Law School:
February, 2010
Presented work on virtue and contract on panel
entitled Morality and Contract.
First Amendment Forum, Drexel University Earle
Philadelphia, PA
Mack School of Law: panelist discussing trends in
January, 2009
First Amendment jurisprudence.
Annual Meeting of the Association of Law, Culture
Washington, DC
and Humanities: presented work-in-progress
March, 2007
examining the role of sincerity in contract law and
theory.
The Law School, The University of Chicago Legal
Chicago, IL
Scholarship Workshop, Taking Aim at the
November, 2005
Tempting Targets? : presented paper on sincerity
and standing in reverse discrimination cases.
Central States Region Legal Writing
Indianapolis, IN
Conference, From Gut to Numbers: Strategies
September, 2005
for Grading First Year Papers.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, The Law Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
School
June, 1997
Juris Doctor
? Law Review, Staff Member
? Graduated with Honors
DENISON UNIVERSITY
Granville, OH
Bachelor of Arts
May, 1992
? Magna Cum Laude, French Area Studies and
History Double Major
? Honors Thesis, La Litterature Engagee: La
Pensee Politique Francaise de L Entre Guerre
? Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, Vice
President
? Sweet Briar College, Junior Year Abroad
Program (Paris, France) (1990-1991)
? French Honor Society
HONORABLE EDMUND V. LUDWIG Philadelphia, PA
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS
United States District Court, Eastern District of September, 1997 September, 1998
Pennsylvania
HONORABLE D. BROOKS SMITH Pittsburgh, PA
Summer 1995
Internship, United States District Court, Western
District of Pennsylvania (now Third Circuit Judge)
PEPPER HAMILTON, LLP Philadelphia, PA
OTHER PROFESSIONAL
Associate, Commercial Litigation October, 1998 October, 2000;
EXPERIENCE
February, 2003May, 2004
? Experience in antitrust, higher education,
contract, white collar defense, professional
responsibility, and first amendment matters.
CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE New York, NY
Summer Associate, Litigation Summers 1996 & 1997
? Researched voting rights and equal protection
issues and drafted amicus curiae brief filed in
the United States Supreme Court.
? Participated in intensive discovery defending
hostile takeover bid of an international
corporation.
? Offer extende d to join firm full -time.
AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY2003 - Present
ACTIVITIES
PHILADELPHIA LAWYER CHAPTER
Founding Member
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR WOMEN, INC. Philadelphia, PA
Member, Board of Directors, September, 2004 - September, 2006
Fundraising Committee
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WIDENER UNIVERSITY Chester, PA
Adjunct Instructor, Media Law and Ethics, January, 2001 December, 2002
Communications/Government and Politics Department
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA INN OF COURT Philadelphia, PA
AssociateSeptember, 2000April, 2002
Admitted to Practice in New York (inactive) and New York (1998)
BARS
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (1999
)
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