Evan is the Assistant Director of the Institute for Justice’s Center for Judicial Engagement. He joined the IJ in July 2014, and he works to educate the public and persuade judges about the need for a properly engaged judiciary that enforces all of the Constitution’s limits on government in every case. Before joining IJ, Evan was a Koch Associate and Visiting Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, where he focused on the problem of overcriminalization. Prior to Heritage, he worked at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty as a legal intern and at the Cato Institute as a legal associate. Evan received his J.D. from the University Chicago Law School in 2011. He graduated with honors from the University of Chicago in 2008.