Law, plainly
Law, plainly.
Before law school I founded an environmental nonprofit and co-founded a media company. Now I write about how the law works for the people it affects.
Writing sampleMemorandum opposing a motion to suppress an identification (PDF)
A Connecticut electric bill is set by PURA, not the utility, through a formal rate case. Inside the pending Eversource docket, a related storm-cost ruling that cut a $1.4 billion request roughly in half, and who gets to intervene.
Qualified immunity explained in plain English: where the doctrine came from, how the clearly established test works, and what it does not protect.
Connecticut’s Green Bank reports $6.70 of private capital per public dollar. What that multiplier means, why it matters, and where the federal fight stands.
Connecticut’s Green Bank runs on a ratepayer charge and RGGI proceeds, not tax dollars. The statute, the 2016 and 2017 budget sweeps, and the leverage math.
A look at how civil legal aid is funded (LSC, IOLTA, state money, philanthropy) and why the funding source an office picks limits what legal work it can do.
The cy pres doctrine lets courts redirect charitable gifts when their original purpose becomes impossible.
Give assets away within five years of applying for Medicaid long-term care and a penalty clock starts.
Health care proxies, living wills, and MOLST forms do different jobs at the end of life.
Die without a will and state intestacy law writes one for you.
Death doulas support the dying, but licensing law hasn’t caught up.
I am looking for summer 2027 legal positions, including summer associate roles, with law firms, government offices, and public-interest organizations in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.