[1] Prior to becoming an academic, Heriot clerked for Seymour Simon on the Supreme Court of Illinois and practiced at law firms in Chicago and Washington, D.C. Heriot joined the faculty of the University of San Diego School of Law in 1989 where she teaches, inter alia, Civil Rights Law and History, Employment Discrimination, Products Liability, Remedies, and Torts.
Heriot's areas of expertise include civil rights, employment law, and product liability.
She is a former civil rights counsel to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
[2] Heriot is the author of numerous academic and professional papers.
She has testified extensively before governmental bodies and has authored many opinion pieces in newspapers and magazines.