Adam is a continuing legal education lecturer, intern supervisor and recruiter for the Legal Aid Society. He also guest lectures at various law schools on his work as a public defender and criminal law. In 2010, Adam took a six-month sabbatical to help run the nascent public defender system in Kathmandu, Nepal, as an international fellow with the International Legal Foundation. Prior to joining the Legal Aid Society, Adam was a corporate lawyer at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, LLP, in their Manhattan office. He earned his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, magna cum laude, majoring in Theology. He also attended Oxford University, St. Peter’s College, studying comparative law. He received his juris doctorate from UVA Law in 2003.