B.S. 1974, Western Carolina University, summa cum laude;
J.D. 1982, Drake University, with honors; LLM 2003, University of Iowa School of Law.
Admitted to the Bar in: Iowa, 1982; Minnesota, 1994; Federal District Court, 1983; and Minnesota Federal District Court, 1996.
Professional Associations:
Iowa State Bar Association 1982 -1989; Iowa and American Trial Lawyers Association 1982 1989; Minnesota State Bar Association 1994.
Professor O'Reilly is an associate professor who has been teaching at Hamline University since 1989. She was formerly the director of the Paralegal Program at Des Moines Area Community College where she had been a student prior to enrolling in law school. She practiced law with the Iowa firm of Babich Bennett Nickerson in the area of constitutional law and civil litigation. She is actively involved in civil rights work and alternative dispute resolution. She is the prelaw advisor and coach of the mock trial team. She has taught fifteen of the Legal Studies courses offered at Hamline.
