He also serves as an attorney guardian ad litem through the Durham Public Defender and appointed counsel in child support enforcement proceedings. At the School of Government, he has helped create an online index of confidentiality obligations related to social services information and maintains C-CAT by updating it according to new developments in the law. He spent three years promoting legal reform in rural West Africa and continues to maintain the web site and summer internship program of the Justice and Peace Commission of Liberia. He earned a BA with honors from Brown University and JD from Georgia State University College of Law.