Biography
Laurel also serves as an adjunct professor at The George Washington Law School, where she teaches a class on scholarly writing.
Prior to joining Weil, Laurel served as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Clifford Wallace of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and to the Honorable Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Laurel received her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where she served as Managing Editor of the Journal on Legislation. Laurel also received several Dean’s Scholar Prizes. Prior to law school, Laurel worked in risk assessment and sanctions compliance for a large national bank and for a federal government agency. She earned her Master’s degree in International Relations from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy and her Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
Laurel is conversational in Spanish.