Alex Rivenbark
Law Clerk
Alex Rivenbark is an incoming law clerk on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. She graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law, where she was an Articles Editor for the North Carolina Law Review and intern for SCOTUSblog. Alex earned a B.A. from Davidson College, majoring in Political Science, and a M.S. in Accountancy from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Posts by Alex Rivenbark
Maine Supreme Court Declines to Recognize Foreign Marriage
Under traditional choice of law rules, a marriage performed outside of a U.S. state (even in a foreign country) will be recognized as valid if it meets the requirements of the place of celebration. Under the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws, by contrast, the validity of a marriage is determined by the law of…
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