Molly has served on the law faculties of Emory University, University of Akron, and University of Wollongong. Prior to entering the academy, she worked in the United States as a judicial clerk, civil litigator, and public defender. She has a B.A. from Brown University (1982), a J.D. from Northeastern University (1986), and an LL.M. from Temple University (1997). She plays guitar and sings songs that her audience sometimes find funny.