I am in the final stages of my doctoral thesis, tentatively titled "The US and UK Response to the Illicit Trade in Cultural Property". After graduating from the University of Wake Forest School of Law, and passing the Bar exam in Georgia I decided to pursue an academic track at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
Two of my articles have earned publication in excellent journals this year. Both are available via SSRN, and indicate the high quality of my research potential. The first article is a discussion of renvoi in the recent High Court decision in Iran v. Berend.
The second article is an analysis of American Federal regulation of the cultural property trade, and why the American approach should mirror certain aspects of the pragmatic UK system .
I have also been excited with the results of
using electronic resources to share my research. My web log on
illicit cultural property has attracted a great deal of attention from
legal scholars and the news media.
It has also attracted a wide readership of aspiring academics interested
in pursuing research degrees.
I have gained a lot of experience helping to cultivate a more collaborative research community among aspiring legal academics here at the University of Aberdeen. My time with the new Aberdeen Legal Research Society which I co-founded has been especially enjoyable. The Society allows postgraduate students and members of the law faculty to present their ongoing work. Building upon that success I also coordinated with a colleague the largest ever law section of the CASS Moving Forward Postgraduate Research Conference in June.
-Old Aberdeen, August 2007