He has a doctorate from Oxford, and a JD from Stanford, and first visited Cambodia in 1993. An alumnus of Legal Aid of Cambodia, his scholarship on Cambodia has appeared in Columbia Journal of Asian Law, Journal of International Business & Law, and Stanford Journal of International Law. His op-ed dealing with serious problems at the ECCC, was published on 21 September 2007 in Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal Asia, and at Wall Street Journal On-Line.