EDUCATION
University of Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana
Juris Doctor, 2003
Notre Dame Law School Scholar 2000-2003
White Scholar 2001-2003
Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, 2001-03
Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, 2003
Federalist Society, President, 2002-03, Vice President, 2001-02
St. Thomas More Society
University of Oxford, Oxford, England
Master of Studies, Theology, October 1999
Thesis: �Certainty: Augustine and Modern Epistemology�
Accepted to probationary research program in Philosophy of Religion under Dr. Richard
Swinburne
Wolfson Boat Club, Captain, Second Boat
University of Oxford Chess
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, December 1997
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford, England
Associate Student of Keble College, Oxford University, 1995-96
EXPERIENCE
Judicial Law Clerk 2003-05
Honorable Robert D. Rucker, Supreme Court of Indiana
Duties include drafting research memoranda and final opinions on variety of legal issues
covering state and federal criminal and civil law.
Judicial Law Extern Summer 2002
Honorable Paul J. Kelly, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Participated in drafting bench memoranda, orders and judgments, and opinions, and worked
on pro se appeals, including civil rights and habeas petitions.
Public Defender Intern Spring 2003
Juvenile Justice Center, South Bend, Indiana
Represented juveniles and their interests in juvenile court.
Teaching Intern Spring 2002
John Adams High School, South Bend, Indiana
Taught constitutional law to graduating seniors.
Visiting Student Summer 2001
International Symposium on World Legal Problems, Innsbruck, Austria
Courses on European Union and International Law, with lectures by Justice O�Connor.
Managing Editor 2001�03
Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy
Executive Editor Spring 2003
Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
Part-time Legal Researcher Fall 2003
American Center for Law and Justice, Washington, D.C.
PUBLICATIONS
Epistemological Nonsense? The Secular/Religious Distinction, 17 NOTRE DAME J.L.
ETHICS & PUB. POL�Y 561 (2003).
Annual Symposium �Law and Truth� Brings Hundreds to Yale, THE FEDERALIST
PAPER, Fall 2002.
Bi-weekly columnist, The Notre Dame Observer
PERSONAL
> Born in Saigon, Vietnam (July 26, 1974)
> Immigrated to United States (1979)
> U.S. Citizenship (1985)
> Visited Secao, Ecuador to help lay church foundation for Quichua Indians (1993)
> Returned to Vietnam; trip included visits to leper colony, home for the deaf, and orphanage (1996)
> Translator for medical team in Baraderes, Haiti (1997)
> Married David G. Niles July 29, 2000, and gave birth to daughter Marie J. Niles December 13, 2004
> Interests have included chess, classical piano, creative writing, Mensa.