JD, University of Nebraska, with distinction, Order of the Coif, Research Editor, Nebraska Law Review
BBA, University of Notre Dame, cum laude
Selected Publications
Due Process in Solitary Confinement: It's Time to Overrule Sandin and Revise Wilkinson, 101 Neb. L. Rev. 487 (2023).
In Celebration of Morrissey v. Brewer at Fifty: A Surprising University of Nebraska College of Law Back Story to the Prisoners' Rights Due Process Landmark, 100 Neb. L. Rev. 905 (2022).
Introduction: Celebrating the Drake Legal Clinic at 50! Drake Law Experiential Education at 157! 157-50! A Proud Tradition Since1865, 70 Drake L. Rev. 1 (2022).
The Hijacking: The Remnants of Morrissey-Wolff Due Process in Solitary Confinement After Sandin v. Conner, 101 Neb. L. Rev. 227 (2022).
A Fair and Impartial Trial Free From Racial Discrimination Will Require An Across-The-Board Approach: Systemic Reforms Still Needed in Light of the "Other" Racial Justice Jury Trial Rulings in State v. Veal & State v. Williams,Drake Discourse Online Journal (2021).
Achieving Fair Cross-Sections on Iowa Juries in the Post-Plain World: The Lilly-Veal-Williams Trilogy,68 Drake L. Rev. 99 (2020).
Shine On, You Bright Radical Star: Clark v. Board of School Directors (Of Muscatine)--The Iowa Supreme Court's Civil Rights Exceptionalism, 67 Drake L. Rev. 175 (2019).
Trial Practicum Integral to First-year Law School Curriculum, 90 Judicature 114 (Nov.-Dec. 2003).
Court Awarded Attorney's Fees: Examining Issues of Delay, Payment, and Risk(ABA 1999).
Significant Accomplishments
Making a Difference by Breaking Barriers Award, American Bar Association, 2023
Rev. Louis Putz Award (for social justice advocacy), University of Notre Dame Alumni Association, 2023
Elected, American Bar Foundation Fellow, 2022
The Journey Civil Rights Award, Iowa Chapter of the National Bar Association, 2020
Louise Noun Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Award, ACLU of Iowa, 2019
