Senior Thesis - My senior comprehensive thesis from Carleton College. It's about the sociological underpinnings of moral legislation such as drug and alcohol prohibition and the anti-immigration laws of the early 20th century.

Anti-War piece - An article I wrote that was posted on the United for Peace and Justice website, outlining why the arguments for the invasion of Iraq were in erroneous. It was written in the run-up to the war, the week before the major anti-war protests of February 15, 2003. You might notice that I was basically right about everything.

Law School Papers

These are all PDF files.

Comparative Study of New York and New Jersey approaches to Brownfield Remediation - Urban Land Use and Environmental Law course.

Analysis of plans for future of Glen Canyon Dam. The Sierra Club wants to decommission the dam while economic interests sway heavily to keeping it in operation. But what will happen in the future? - Natural Resources course. This paper was accepted for publication by the Fordham Journal of Environmental Law, but I chose not to accept their invitation for a variety of reasons.

Determining ownership rights to submerged cultural history (artifacts). Archaeologists and salvage divers do battle against each other and the government for rights to historic wrecks - Admiralty and Maritime Law course.