 She worked in private practice as an associate with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis in Los Angeles, California from 1994 to 1995, and then clerked for United States Circuit Judge Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr. from 1995 to 1997.Moore taught at the Chicago-Kent College of Law from 1997 to 1999 and at the University of Maryland School of Law from 1999 to 2000.She subsequently taught at the George Mason University School of Law first as an associate professor from 2000 to 2004, and then as a professor of law from 2004 until her appointment.