I've organized my published and forthcoming scholarship by topic below (a few papers span >1 category). 
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Access to Justice

​What Can Legal Knowledge Do for Access to Justice? (draft available upon request)
Duke Law Journal (forthcoming 2026), with Heidi H. Liu

Ordinary People and the Law: Ten Lessons for Justice Workers (draft available upon request)
The Future of Justice Work, edited by Rebecca L. Sandefur and Matthew Burnett (forthcoming), with Isabel Levin

How Legal Consciousness Can Advance Access to Justice 
The Civil Justice Handbook, edited by Anne Bloom, David Engel, and Richard Jolly (forthcoming)

Getting Help
Wisconsin Law Review (2024)​

Access to Justice at the Intersection of Civil and Criminal Law
Punishment & Society (2024), with Karin Martin and Sarah Lageson

An Intersectional Examination of U.S. Civil Justice Problems
Utah Law Review (2023), with Katie R. Billings

What the Access to Justice Crisis Means for Legal Education
UC Irvine Law Review​ (2021)​​

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​Legal Consciousness

Organizational Scarring, Legal Consciousness, and the Diffusion of Local Government Litigation Against Opioid Manufacturers
American Sociological Review (2025), with Amanda Sharkey, Christof Brantner, and Patrick Bergemann

How Legal Consciousness Can Advance Access to Justice
The Civil Justice Handbook, edited by Anne Bloom, David Engel, and Richard Jolly (forthcoming)
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Remorse, Relational Legal Consciousness, and the Reproduction of Carceral Logic
Law & Society Review (2022), with Hannah Chimowitz

Legal Consciousness and Cultural Capital
Law & Society Review (2020), with Katie R. Billings

Criminal Behavior and Local Resistance: The Sociolegal Significance of the Hawaiian Cockfight
California Law Review (2016)

Everyone Knows the Game: Legitimacy and Legal Consciousness in the Hawaiian Cockfight
Law & Society Review (2014)

​Rights Consciousness in Criminal Procedure: A Theoretical and Empirical Inquiry
Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance (2009)​

​Prisons and Parole

​Remorse, Relational Legal Consciousness, and the Reproduction of Carceral Logic
Law & Society Review (2022), with Hannah Chimowitz

Racial Disparities in Lifer Outcomes: The Hidden Role of Professional Evaluations
Law & Social Inquiry (2022), with Jessica Pearlman

​Legal Ruralism and California Parole Hearings: Space, Place, and the Carceral Landscape
Rural Sociology (2020)

Parole Hearings and Victims' Rights: Implementation, Ambiguity, and Reform
Connecticut Law Review (2016)

Keeping Track: Surveillance, Control, and the Expansion of the Carceral State
Harvard Law Review (2016), with Joan Petersilia

Predicting Parole Grants: An Analysis of Suitability Hearings for California's Lifer Inmates
Federal Sentencing Reporter (2016), with Debbie A. Mukamal and Thomas Favre-Bulle

The Privatization of California Correctional Facilities: A Population-Based Approach
​Stanford Law & Policy Review (2007)​

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​Criminal Procedure

​Legal Consciousness and Cultural Capital
Law & Society Review, with Katie R. Billings (2020) 

Fact and Fiction in Constitutional Criminal Procedure
South Carolina Law Review, with Christin L. Munsch (2014)

Outing Batson: How the Case of Gay and Lesbian Jurors Demonstrates the Need for Voir Dire Reform
Willamette Law Review (2011)

Rights Consciousness in Criminal Procedure: A Theoretical and Empirical Inquiry
Access to Justice: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance (2009)

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​Legal Education

Understanding the Social and Cognitive Processes in Law School that Create Unhealthy Lawyers
Fordham Law Review (2021)

What the Access to Justice Crisis Means for Legal Education
UC Irvine Law Review​ (2021)

How to Be Sort of Happy in Law School
Stanford University Press (2018)
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​Additional Publications (selected)

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​Understanding Illegality: Tests and Trust in Sociolegal Fieldwork
Journal of Organizational Ethnography ​(2020)

How Cultural Capital Shapes Mental Health Seeking in College
Sociological Perspectives (2020), with Katie R. Billings

Masculine Undercompensation and Masculine Balance: Notes on the Hawaiian Cockfight
Social Forces (2017)