I am an Associate Professor at the Elon University School of Law in Greensboro, North Carolina. My research focuses on the sociology of law, the legal profession, and legal education; labor law and the labor movement; and the informal regulation of social practices. I teach civil procedure, administrative law, social research & law, employment law, and professional responsibility.
Articles
Liars and Terrorists and Judges, Oh My: Moral Panic and the Symbolic Politics of Appellate Review in Asylum Cases, Notre Dame Law Review (2008)
As part of the REAL ID Act, Congress amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to...
Post-Realism, or the Jurisprudential Logic of Late Capitalism: A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Rise and Diffusion of Law & Economics, Hastings Law Journal (2004)
One problem that is ripe for socio-legal inquiry is the emergence and diffusion of the...