Courtney made the most of every opportunity available to expand her knowledge of the Law while working to obtain her Juris Doctorate degree. During her time at Emory Law, she won the coveted Restoring Religious Freedom Project Annual Award and was active in the Federalist Society. She was accepted into and worked for the United Nations in their Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate program. She also externed for the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office where she assisted the Appellate Division in writing several appellate and amicus briefs and preparing for oral arguments before the Supreme Court of Georgia and Georgia Court of Appeals. In the summer of 2018, Courtney was offered and accepted the honor of interning in the Office of White House Counsel under the Trump administration where she gained experience in ethics, national security, and assisted with the nomination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. She returned to Georgia for her last year of law school to clerk for the American Center for Law and Justice where she worked to protect our First Amendment rights and constitutional freedoms.