Prof of Law @ UC Davis | Former public defender | Singer
Sacramento
Joined January 2016
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I joined the BBC World Tonight to talk about the growing use of criminal law to hold parents responsible for crimes committed by their children. (Aug 6 episode, 28 mins in!)
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002zrx…
I spoke with @guardian about the growing trend of prosecuting parents for harms caused by their children — and the broader questions these cases raise about punishment, prevention, and family regulation.
theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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Yay! Thank you to @NAPD2013 for having me and to all the public defenders who joined us. So great to team up with @ProfNila and hear her present on evidence and youth. Our chapters will be available soon! cambridge.org/us/universityp…
Brooklyn Law School professor @ProfARoberts virtually presented at the National Association for Public Defense's annual training, focusing on prior conviction impeachment, off of the heels of her contribution to a chapter in the forthcoming book "Critical Evidence"
In the @nytimes , I discuss how parental liability prosecutions can serve to absolve the state of its own failures.
My forthcoming @YaleLJournal article "Guilt by Parenthood" dives deeper.
nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/ap…
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I'm excited to speak at NAPD 2026 Rise, Resist, Represent Conference napd2026riseresistrepresent.… @sched
My latest article, Policing Children’s Data, is out today. It offers a comprehensive look at how law enforcement accesses children’s digital information and challenges the assumption that parental consent is enough to protect kids’ privacy.
📖 Read more: wustllawreview.org/2025/11/1…
My new essay is in the University of Chicago Law Review Online: “Children and the Cars That Watch Them.”
Autonomous vehicles promise freedom for kids, but also bring unprecedented surveillance.
Parental consent isn’t enough; we need substantive limits.
lawreview.uchicago.edu/onlin…
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Catch the next episode of the Emmy-nominated series "Breaking the Deadlock," hosted by @ucdavis Law Professor @AaronTangLaw, at 9 p.m. tomorrow on @KVIEPBS .
Where is the line of executive power, and what should be done if that line is crossed? Depends on who you ask.
@AaronTangLaw guides a panel of influential figures through this very hypothetical in BREAKING the DEADLOCK: A Power Play, premiering 5/20 at 9PM.
📸: Meredith Nierman
Proud to be a part of Junior Scholars @UMichLaw, get to talk about policing children's data, and meet fellow juniors <3 michigan.law.umich.edu/junio…
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Happy Gideon Day! Thank you to all of the public defenders in the trenches who fight every day to bend the arc of the law a little more toward justice.
Policing Children's Data is forthcoming in @WashULRev! Thank you to the many friends who've helped me with this one.
My article on parent-child privilege has been published! In a nutshell, I argue that privilege can be a form of resistance against unjust laws and systems, and that the parent-child relationship is worth protecting through evidentiary privilege. bclawreview.bc.edu/articles/…
This is the kindest review by @ARosarioLebron in @IReadJotwell. There is nothing better than when a fellow scholar notices your work. Evidentiary privilege can be a tool of resistance within the adversarial system. jotwell.com/
Not only does 23andMe's potential sale raise privacy issues, but the open-source DNA database GEDmatch might be sharing your genetic information with Facebook. My latest in the @latimes latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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.@UCDavis Law Professor @aarontanglaw will moderate Deadlock, a new one-hour special from @GBH, which will premiere nationwide this Friday via @PBS. Check out the preview here ⬇️ pbs.org/video/preview-xhfz04…
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Really looking forward to this week's Nonmarriage Roundtable @UVALaw, where I will be presenting my piece with Doug NeJaime, Multiparenthood (forthcoming @nyulawreview).
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This month we are spotlighting @ProfNila! Her research focuses on children’s rights and the criminal justice system, as well as emerging technologies. Previously, she developed criminal justice policy for the @PolicingProject and @RSI.
More at the 🔗 bit.ly/4dTPWT1
