[1][2] Smith is a senior fellow at the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University (BYU) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Religious Freedom Institute.

[4][better source needed] Following law school, Smith clerked for then-Judge Samuel Alito of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

at Williams & Connolly and Sidley Austin in Washington D.C.[2] Smith's legal practice focuses on appellate litigation.

[6][2] In 2017, Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Her testimony reviewed his jurisprudence relating to religious liberty cases, including two of Becket's clients: the Little Sisters of the Poor and Hobby Lobby.