Bachelor in English, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1982. Juris Doctor, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1986.
Law clerk to Honorary Louis H. Pollack United States District Court Eastern District Pennsylvania, 1986—1987. Law clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun United States Supreme Court, Washington, 1987—1988. Staff attorney child advocacy unit Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Baltimore, 1989—1990.
Staff attorney Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, 1990—1993, deputy director, 1993—1996. Assistant professor law University Chicago Law School, 1996—2001, professor, since 2001, faculty director academic affairs, 2001—2003, Kanter Director Chicago Policy Initiatives. Member University Chicago Athletic Board, Chicago, 1998—2001, Local School Council, Blair Early Childhood Center, Chicago, 1999—2000, president, 2000—2002.
Member Chicago Board Student and Campus Life Subcommittee on Athletics, Chicago, 2001—2002, chairman, 2002.