Associate Teaching Professor
Laura Reilly joined the Mitchell Hamline faculty in July 2024 as an Associate Teaching Professor. Prior to Mitchell Hamline, Reilly taught at University of St. Thomas School of Law, University of Arizona College of Law, and University at Buffalo School of Law. Before teaching, Reilly was a judicial law clerk for the Denver District Court in Colorado and practiced in litigation firms in Denver and Buffalo (New York), focusing on employment discrimination. She is passionate about nurturing resilience in her students and bringing innovative teaching ideas to the classroom. Reilly is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where she studied psychology and business, and William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline). After a 30-year absence, Reilly is happy to be back in Minneapolis. When she’s not teaching, Reilly travels, adventures, and spends time with her sons.
Education
J.D., cum laude, William Mitchell College of Law, 1994
B.S., Washington University in St. Louis, 1988
Experience
Mitchell Hamline School of Law: associate teaching professor, 2024–
University of St. Thomas School of Law: visiting professor, 2023–24
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law: visiting professor, 2022–23
University at Buffalo School of Law, Buffalo, NY: lecturer in law, 2002–22
Watson, Bennett, Colligan, Johnson, Schechter, Buffalo, NY: associate attorney, 2002
Moss & O’Dell, Denver: associate attorney, 1997–2001
Denver District Court: law clerk to Judge Paul Markson, 1995–97
Law Offices of Richard LaFond and Carmen Danielson: contract attorney, 1994–95
Minnesota Senate Office of Counsel and Research: law clerk, 1993–94
Massachusetts Appeals Court: intern to Associate Justice Christopher Armstrong, 1993
Daniel Butler & Associates, St. Paul: law clerk, 1992–93
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom, Boston: legal research assistant, 1990–91
Bar admission
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 1995
District of Columbia, 2002
Colorado, 1994
New York, 2002
laura.reilly @mitchellhamline.edu