PhD Student in Jurisprudence and Social Policy
Michael is a doctoral student in Jurisprudence and Social Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on the interrelated histories of state, university, and corporation. His teaching interests include property law, criminal law, criminal procedure, family law, and constitutional law. A 2019 graduate of Harvard Law School, from 2022-2023, he served as law clerk to Vermont Chief Justice Paul L. Reiber, and, from 2023-2024, he served as administrative law clerk to Hawai'i Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald.
M.A., Berkeley Law, 2022; J.D., Harvard Law School, 2019; B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 2016; B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 2016
Teaching Interests:
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Primary: Property Law; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Family Law; Constitutional Law
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Secondary: Local Government Law; Corporations; American Legal History; State Constitutional Law; Professional Responsibility
Publications
- "California’s Constitutional University: Private Property, Public Power, and the Constitutional Corporation, 1868–1900," California Legal History (2023).
- Awarded 2nd place in the 2023 Selma Moidel Smith Student Writing Competition in California Legal History by the California Supreme Court Historical Society.