J.D. Howard University School of Law; LL.M. Beasley School of Law at Temple University
; Ph.D. Philosophy University of Oregon.
Member of the Mercer Law Faculty since 2005.
Involvement:
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Bar Association (ABA)
American Philosophical Association (APA)
Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD)
Legal Writing Institute (LWI)
Oregon State Bar
United States District Court for the District of Oregon
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Steering Committee, Florida Bar International Law CLE, "Legal Issues in Environment and Energy," Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2007
Editorial Board, Revista da Seção Judiciária do Rio de Janeiro 2006 - present
Editorial Board, Journal of the Legal Writing Institute 2006 - present
Editorial Board, Revista Ciencias Sociais-UGF 2006 - present
Co-Chair, ALWD Committee on Scholarship, 2008 - 2009
Association of American Law Schools (AALS), Section on Jurisprudence, Executive Committee - 2007 - 2008
AALS, Section on Law and Humanities, Program Chair - 2008 - 2009
AALS, Section on Law and Humanities, Secretary - 2007 - 2008
AALS, Section on Law and Humanities, Treasurer - 2006 - 2007
ALWD ad hoc Committee on Membership - 2005-present
ALWD, Web Site Committee, Chair - 2002-2003
ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers, Publications Committee - 2002
LWI, Web Site Committee - 2002-2003
SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL
Coach, Niagara International Law Moot Court Team 2007-2008
Co-coach, Gabrielli Family Law Moot Court Team 2006
Member, Law School Policy Committee - 2008-present
Vice-Chair, Mercer University Academic Initiatives Monetary Fund - 2007-present
Member, Law School Curriculum Committee - 2007-present
Member, Law School Committee on Diversity - 2006-present
Member, Law Library Committee - 2006 - 2007
Member, Public Interest Law Committee - 2005 - 2006
Publications:
BOOKS
Mastering Legal Analysis and Communication (Carolina 2008)
Shifting Foundations and Historical Contingencies: A Critique of Modern Constitutionalism (VDM Verlag 2008).
LAW REVIEW ARTICLES
"Western" Notions of Justice: Legal Outsider Status in American Cinema, 42 SUFFOLK L. REV. ___ (2009) [Symposium Organizer].
The Centrality of Metaphor in Legal Analysis and Communication: An Introduction, 58 MERCER L. REV. 835 (2007) [Symposium Organizer].
Who is on the Outside Looking In, and What Do They See? Metaphors of Exclusion in Legal Education, 58 MERCER L. REV. 991 (2007).
Organic Constitutionalism: Rousseau, Hegel and the Constitution of Society, 6 J. L. SOC’Y 36 (2005).
The Confines of Modern Constitutionalism, 3 PIERCE L. REV. 1 (2004) [Lead Article].
Critiquing Modern Constitutionalism, 3 APPALACHIAN J.L. 37 (2004) [Solicited Article].
Assessing the Writing Skills of New Law Graduates: A Comparison of the Attitudes of Judges, Practitioners and Legal Writing Professors, 53 J. LEGAL ED. 80 (2003) [Peer Reviewed Article] (with Susan Kosse).
Situating “Thinking Like a Lawyer” Within Legal Pedagogy, 49 CLEVE. ST. L. REV. 29 (2003).
Self-Defense in International Law, the United Nations, and the Bosnian Conflict, 56 PITTSBURGH L. REV. 1 (1995) [Lead Article] (with Ziyad Motala).
OTHER ACADEMIC ARTICLES
Modern Constitutionalism and Weimar Liberalism, 20 REVISTA DA SECAO JUDICIARIA DO RIO DE JANEIRO 15 (2007).
Rousseau Misused: Rousseaus Political Thought and the Philosophy of Constitutionalism, 12 REVISTA CIENCIAS SOCIAIS 13 (2006).
“Objectively Speaking…” There is no Such Thing in the Law, 5 J. DISABILITY MED. 7 (2005) [Solicited Article].
COMMENTARY
"Think Before You Write," 4/2 The Complete Lawyer (2008); available at http://www.thecompletelawyer.com
“Assessing the Writing Skills of New Law Graduates,” 2 Appellate Issues: The Online Journal of the ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers (2003) (with Susan Kosse).
Supreme Court Watch columnist for the newsletter of the ABA Section on State and Local Government (2002-2003) – 3 issues.
Putting One Foot in Front of the Other: The Importance of Teaching Text-Based Research Before Exposing Students to Computer Assisted Legal Research, 9 PERSPECTIVES: TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING 69 (2001) (with Susan Kosse).
BOOK CHAPTERS
Defining an Epoch: The Correlative Importance of Law to the Environment, Internationalism, and Globalization, Preface to Giselle Ferreira de Araujo, ed., DIREITO AMBIENTAL (Editoria Atlas 2008).
The Promises and Agendas of Constitutionalism: Modern Constitutionalism and International Violence, in Danielle Poe and Eddy Souffrant, eds., PARCELING THE GLOBE: PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLORATION IN GLOBALIZATION, GLOBAL BEHAVIOR, AND PEACE (Rodopi 2008).
The Second Phase of Nonviolence in the Context of Palestinian Independence, in M.K. Gandhi Institute, WORLD WITHOUT VIOLENCE: CAN GANDHI’S VISION BECOME REALITY? (M.K. Gandhi Inst. 1994) (with Mubarak Awad and Laurie Bain).
BOOK REVIEWS
Civilian Based Defense for the Grassroots, 1 INT’L J. OF NONVIOLENCE 109 (1993).
Recent Scholarly Presentations:
"Decision-making in the U.S. Supreme Court," Catholic University of Petropolis, Petropolis, Brazil (June 17, 2008)
"Due Process in the U.S.," Escola da Magistratura Regional Federal da 2a Regiao [EMARF]; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 16, 2008)
Roundtable Panelist, International Symposium of Contemporary Legal Theories and Institutional Design -- 20 Years of the Brazilian Federal Constitution, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 12, 2008)
“Do We Like the Write? Can the Term “Legal Writing” be Reclaimed?” Writing and Legal Writing Teachers, Instructors, and Professors of Color and/or Progressive Orientation Conference, Washington, DC (May 17, 2008)
“Legal Writing: What’s in a Name?” Mercer University School of Law “Half Baked” Presentation, Macon, Georgia (April 23, 2008)
“What You Need to Know About Scholarship,” Mercer University School of Law Faculty Brown Bag Panel, Macon, Georgia (March 25, 2008)
“Legal Writing at Mercer University School of Law,” BLSA Alumni Weekend, Mercer University School of Law, Macon, Georgia (February 16, 2008)
“Understanding the Writing and Reasoning of the U.S. Supreme Court in Constitutional Cases in the U.S.,” Escola da Magistratura Regional Federal da 2a Regiao [EMARF]; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (December 13, 2007) [Invited Lecture]
“Researching and Understanding Common Law Cases in the U.S.,” Escola da Magistratura Regional Federal da 2a Regiao [EMARF]; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (December 11, 2007) [Invited Lecture]
“Cardozo and Posner on Positivism and Realism,” Escola da Magistratura Regional Federal da 2a Regiao [EMARF]; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (December 10, 2007) [Invited Lecture]
“The Assault on Realist Legal Reasoning by Anglo-American Analytic Jurisprudence,” Escola da Magistratura Regional Federal da 2a Regiao [EMARF]; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (December 6, 2007) [Invited Lecture]
“Common Law Legal Reasoning as Practiced by the U.S. Judiciary,” Escola da Magistratura Regional Federal da 2a Regiao [EMARF]; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (December 5, 2007) [Invited Lecture]
“Some Introductory Reflections of the Common Law in the U.S.,” Escola da Magistratura Regional Federal da 2a Regiao [EMARF]; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (December 4, 2007) [Invited Lecture]
“An Introduction to Brazilian Legal Culture,” Stetson University Summer Abroad Program, Buenos Aires, Argentina (July 18, 2007
“Comparative Notions of Racial Equality,” Gama Filho University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 28, 2007) [Invited Lecture]
"Judicial Review in the U.S.,” Escola da Magistratura Regional Federal da 2a Regiao [EMARF]; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 22, 2007)
“Legal Reasoning in the U.S.,” Gama Filho University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 19, 2007) [Invited Lecture]
"Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to Portuguese Speaking Law Students: Issues and a Methodology," Global Legal Skills Conference; John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois (May 5, 2007)
“Constitutional Hybridism,” Escola da Magistratura Regional Federal da 2 Regiao (EMARF); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (December 15, 2006) [Invited Address]
“Access to Justice in the U.S.,” Judicial Systems in Comparative Perspective—Argentina, Angola, and the United States: Working Group of the Graduate Program in Law at Gama Filho University; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (December 13, 2006) [Invited Lecture]
“The Role of Lawyers in U.S. Democracy,” Commission on Legal Education and Commission on Political Science for the Bar Association of the State of Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (November 28, 2006) [Invited Address]
“Remarks on Using Metaphor in Legal Analysis and Communication,” Mercer Law Review Symposium, “Using Metaphor in Legal Analysis and Communication,” Macon, Georgia (November 10, 2006) [Symposium Organizer]
"Discussions in Law and Society," Universidade Gama Filho, Grupo de Funcionamento de Roberto Kant de Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (March 29, 2006)
"Privacy Discourse," Universidade Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (March 28, 2006).
"Comparing Constitutional Narratives," Universidade Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (March 27, 2006).
"John Dewey's Legal Reasoning," Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conference, Tucson, Arizona (March 18, 2006).
"Challenges to Learning and Using the Craft of Legal Writing,” Faculty Development Talk, Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia (October 12, 2005).
Honors:
Brainerd Currie Honor Society, Mercer University School of Law
Walter F. George School of Law Summer Research Grant - 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
Southeastern Association of Law Schools Young Scholar Award (ASL Representative) – 2003
Appalachian School of Law Summer Research Grant – 2002 & 2004
Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) Research Grant – 2002
Honorable Abraham L. Friedman Fellow, Temple Law School - 1999 to 2001
Faculty Fellow, The College of New Jersey - 1998 to 1999
Visiting Scholar, New York University - 1997 to 1998
Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregon - 1995 to 1997
Chair, Jessup Moot Court Board, Howard University School of Law - 1994 to 1995.
Areas of Academic Interest:
Contracts, Comparative Constitutional Law, Critical Theory, International Law, Law and Literature/Film, Legal Analysis and Communication, Peace and Nonviolence
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