She teaches and writes in the area of comparative criminal procedure, comparative penology, federal criminal law, and national security. Professor Reid holds a JD from the University of Notre Dame and a M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College. Prior to teaching, she was a trial attorney in the narcotics section at the U.S. Department of Justice and an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida. She is also a former law clerk for Judge Charles Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.