Teaching Interests

Academic Success, Legal Writing, Legal Skills, Mediation, Negotiation, Advocacy

Education

B.A. in Economics, 1997, University of Alabama (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa); J.D., 2003, University of Virginia School of Law; LL.M., The George Washington University, 2006, (highest honors).

Admitted

Mississippi (2003); Massachusetts (2004)

Experience

Attorney, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Jackson, Mississippi (2003 – 2005; 2006-2007); Director of Legal Writing, Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi (2007 – 2012); Director of Legal Practice, William and Mary Law School, Williamsburg, Virginia, (2012 – 2013).

Awards

Mississippi College School of Law
    Honored by the Mississippi College Moot Court Board with an Outstanding Service Award, 2010

University of Memphis 
    Honored by the University of Memphis with the Susan TePaske Award for Faculty Leadership in
    Disability Support, 2017

    This Susan TePaske Award is a University President's Leadership Recognition Award recognizing only one
    outstanding supporter of students with disabilities across the University of Memphis campus each year.

Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD)
    Honored by The Association of Legal Writing Directors with a Outstanding Service Award, 2018

Publications and Presentations

CREAC Scramble: An Active Self-Assessment Exercise, 24 The Second Draft 15 (Fall 2010)

CREAC Scramble: An Active Self-Assessment Exercise, 19 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research & Writing 60 (Fall 2010)

Plagiarism Detection Programs: How Good Are They?
Panel Presentation at the 15th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, May 2012, (with Timothy D. Blevins, Florida A&M University Law School, Brenda Gibson, North Carolina Central School of Law, Diane Kraft, University of Kentucky College of Law, and Dov Waisman, Southwestern Law School)

The Survey Says: Understanding & Using the New ALWD/LWI Survey
Panel Presentation at the Association of Legal Writing Directors Biennial Conference, July 2017, (with Jodi Wilson, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Ted Becker, University of Michigan Law School, and Pete Nemerovski, University of North Carolina School of Law)