He has worked on a wide range of environmental issues in the United States and abroad, and his areas of emphasis include constitutional environmental law, water quality protection, toxics regulation, environmental regulation of industrial agriculture, and sustainable forestry.Bruce previously worked as a litigation attorney with a large Washington, D.C. law firm. After law school, he served as a law clerk to Senior Judge Edward Rafeedie of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, at Los Angeles. Bruce is a graduate of the University of Virginia (1993) and the University of Virginia School of Law (1996), where he was a Hardy Cross Dillard Scholar. He is licensed to practice law in California and in the District of Columbia.