He has previously taught at Washington University in St. Louis (2007-11), served as an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (2006-07), and worked as senior counsel for the Congressional Executive Commission on China (2003-2006). He also served as a Yale China Legal Education fellow at the Xibei Institute of Politics and Law in Xi’an. He previously practiced intellectual property law in California for the Palo Alto firm of McCutchen & Doyle, then clerked for the Hon. Raymond Clevenger, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. His published works include articles on Chinese civil society, judicial reform, social unrest, and Communist Party management of judicial and government institutions.