Tulane Law Review managing editor 2003-2004; legal research and writing senior fellow 2003-2004; Robert E. Friedman Award for best comment published in law review 2004; Wiener, Weiss & Madison Law Firm Scholar 2001-2004 (competitive, merit-based full scholarship granted by Tulane Law School). Law clerk to Hon. David Alan Ezra, Chief United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, 2004-2005. Author: "In Lawrence v. Texas, An Eloquent and Overdue Vindication of Civil Rights Inadvertently Reveals What Is Wrong with the Way the Rehnquist Court Discusses Stare Decisis," 78 Tulane Law Review 969, 2004. Senior Fellows Honors Program, University of Texas College of Communication, 1999-2001; Julia Jeffress Excellence Award granted by Texas Student Publications for work as associate managing editor of The Daily Texan newspaper, 2001; A.W. Belo Corporation Scholarship, 2000-2001; Jesse H. Jones Centennial Scholarship, 1999-2000; Normandy Scholar Program, University of Texas, Department of History, 2000.