A short list of the legal writing I most want employers, professors, and colleagues to read. Each piece has the same goal: explain the law accurately, in plain language.
Writing sample
Memorandum of law opposing a motion to suppress an identification (PDF). A persuasive memorandum written for my first-year legal writing course, applying Massachusetts show-up identification doctrine (Botelho, Johnson, Austin, Meas). The parties and facts are fictional.
From the blog
Reflection: Alternative Spring Break with the Sugar Law Center
March 2026. A week of pro bono civil rights work in Detroit, connecting procedural due process (Roth, Mathews) and discovery practice (FRCP 26, 34, 45) to real client outcomes.
Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs: Serving Those Who Served
March 2025. A reported feature on how Connecticut delivers skilled nursing, housing, and memorial services to veterans, from the agency’s Rocky Hill campus.
1L Criminal Law: Actus Reus, Mens Rea, and Punishment
September 2025. Notes from the first month of Criminal Law: the elements of a crime, mental states, and why we punish.
Unfamiliar terms in any of these pieces are defined in the plain-language legal glossary. For who I am and what I am working toward, see About and Experience.