He teaches and writes in the areas of international and U.S. foreign relations law. His recent articles include A Defense of Japanese Sovereignty Over the Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands, published in the George Washington International Law Review (2014). Prior to joining Marquette Law School, he worked as a litigation associate in the Denver and Tokyo offices of the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, and served as a law clerk for Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Neil V. Wake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. He also worked briefly at the Arms Control Association and the Defense Department’s Office of the General Counsel (International Affairs). Professor Scoville holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he was an executive editor for the Stanford Law Review, and a B.A. in International Studies from Brigham Young University.