She graduated from Temple University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice, and a minor in Political Science. Ms. O'Rourke received her law degree from Duquesne University School of Law in 2013 where she served as a member of both the Duquesne Business Law Journal and Juris Magazine and was a recipient of the Outstanding Oral Argument Award. During law school, she clerked for the Honorable Patricia McCullough of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.