Professor Murray is the Interim Kean Family Dean at Temple Law School. She joined the Temple Law faculty in July 2008. Her research interests include education law and policy, inequality in the public education system, legal writing and persuasion, and legal education. Her publications include two significant legal writing textbooks. She is the Managing Editor of Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD and a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Writing Institute, for which she also serves as Secretary.
Professor Murray has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs since 2022. She is known throughout the law school community for her thoughtfulness, innovation and student-centered approach. As a leader and a teacher, her decisions demonstrate an expert balance of evidence, best practices and on the ground experience.
Professor Murray previously taught at the George Washington University Law School, where she also served as the Associate Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program. She began her teaching career as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center in 2003. Prior to that, she was a litigation associate at Latham & Watkins, LLP. While in private practice, Professor Murray litigated various commercial and employment matters and had a diverse pro bono practice, including immigration and family law cases.