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Dillard joined the faculty in 2006, following four years on the faculty of American University, Washington College of Law, where she taught criminal law and served as the acting director of the Legal Rhetoric Program. Prior to entering the academy, Dillard practiced law in Alexandria, Va., where she specialized in criminal defense and served as the city's deputy public defender for many years. She currently represents a client charged with capital murder in Virginia. Each year, she teaches a course at the World Trade Institute in the master's program in International Law and Economics at the joint center of the Universities of Berne, Fribourg and Neuchatel, Switzerland.

Her scholarly interests include sanity and competency issues, the National School Lunch Program, judicial ethics and various topics in law and religion.

Dillard is a member of the Virginia and United States Supreme Court bars.