BA, Swarthmore College, high honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Selected Publications
“Can We Still Criminalize Polygamy: Strict Scrutiny Of Polygamy Laws Under State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts AfterHobby Lobby,” 2016 University of Illinois Law Review 1605 (2016)
Scrutinizing Polygamy: Utah’sBrown v. Buhmanand British Columbia’sReference Re: Section 293, 64 Emory Law Journal 1815 (2015).
An Ethical Rabbit Hole: Model Rule 4.4, Intentional Interference with Former Employee Non-Disclosure Agreements and the Threat of Disqualification,Part I,89 Nebraska Law Review 923 (2011);Part II, 90 Nebraska Law Review 141 (2011).
Privilege Can Be Abused: Exploring the Ethical Obligation to Avoid Frivolous Claims of Attorney-Client Privilege, 37 Seton Hall L. Rev. 413 (2007).
The Crime of Polygamy, 12 Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review 353 (2003).
“A Difference of Form or Substance: Monogamy, Polygamy and Same-Sex Marriage,” 75 North Carolina Law Review 1501 (1997)
“Taking Ethics Seriously: Beyond Positivist Jurisprudence in Legal Ethics,” 80 Iowa Law Review 901 (1995)
Significant Accomplishments
Distinguished Lecture Series, Drake Law School Constitutional Law Center, “Scrutinizing Polygamy AfterObergefellandHobby Lobby,” 2016
Presenter:Why the US Should Not Decriminalize Polygamy, But Should Not Criminalize Polyamory(Conference On Polygamy, Polygyny, and Polyamory, Hadassah Brandeis Institute, Waltham, MA, Nov. 8, 2010).
Presenter:Feminist and Hegelian Perspectives on the Legal Status of Polygamy, Polyamory and Same-Sex Marriage(Drake Center for the Humanities Colloquium Series, Des Moines, IA, March 26, 2010).
Presenter:Strange Bedfellows Indeed: Same-sex Marriage, Mormon Fundamentalist Polygamy, and the Oneida Community(Annual Conference for the Association for the Law, Culture and Humanities, Berkeley, CA, March 29, 2008).
Board Member One Iowa, Iowa Pride Network and the Galaxy Youth Center
