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University of Idaho College of Law
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Expertise
- Constitutional Law
- Election Law
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor
- University of Idaho College of Law
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- Temporary Faculty – Lecturer, 2014-2017
- Legislative Director to District B Councilmember LaToya Cantrel
- New Orleans City Council
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- Staff Attorney
- Orleans Public Defenders
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- Special Litigation Attorney & Client Services Director, 2011-2012; Special Litigation & Pretrial Services Fellow, 2009-2011; Summer Law Clerk, Summer 2008
- Summer Associate
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY
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- Founder and Director
- 24 Hours for Darfur, New Haven, CT
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Education
- Yale Law School
- J.D. (2009)
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- Honors: Recipient, Arthur P. Liman Public Interest Fellowship; Recipient, John H. Olin Foundation for Law, Economics and Organization Fellowship.
- Activities: Editor, Yale Journal of Law & Feminism; Student Director, San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project; Participant, Prison Legal Services Clinic; Teaching Assistant, Principles of Microeconomics (Professor Dean Karlan).
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- London School of Economics, London, U.K.
- M.Sc. (2005) | Development Studies
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- Honors: Commonwealth Scholar (full-tuition scholarship)
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- B.Sc. (2004) | Mathematics & Economics
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- Honors: High Distinction; Recipient, C.L. Burton Scholarship for Academic Achievement.
- Activities: Chapter President, Engineers Without Borders; Semester abroad in Zambia, volunteering at a Congolese refugee camp; Summer abroad at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Professional Associations
- State Bar of Louisiana
- Member (Inactive)
- - Current
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