Laura is an experienced attorney with an extensive legal background in higher education and the private sector, both in the litigation and corporate space. After a clerkship in the Southern District of NY and work as a corporate and employment litigator at the law firms of Paul Weiss and Loeb & Loeb, she went on to positions as Dean of Faculty and Staff Relations and General Counsel at Hunter College, CUNY, and General Counsel to the University and Board at William Paterson University. She followed these positions with her role as Chief Legal Officer at Noodle, Inc. In all of these roles, she worked closely with university faculty and administrators, as well as with internal and external counsel, and developed a deep understanding of the wide range of issues facing universities from both the inside and outside perspectives.