His research examines the intersection between lawyers’ conceptions of professional identity and public contributions in a changing profession. Drawing on diverse methods and theoretical perspectives from law, sociology of professions, and social psychology, his work provides empirical insights into lawyers’ efforts to pursue the professional role as a calling with personal and civic significance. His recent and ongoing projects focus on the socialization of young lawyers-in-training in the U.S. and China, pro bono practice in leading law firms, and conceptions of property rights and legal professionalism in the racially restrictive covenant cases.