Courtney is a 2011 graduate of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. She is currently a second year law student at the St. John's University School of Law.

St. John's University (NY) confers degrees through various schools, such as: the Peter J. Tobin College of Business, the School of Law, and the School of Education.

Earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism from New York University and a Juris Doctor from Touro School of Law, Murphy was a practicing attorney before entering his professorship at St. John’s in 2012 ...

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