[4] Murray attended Lincoln Park Academy High School in Fort Pierce, Florida, where she played violin in two youth orchestras, was a contestant on Jeopardy!

[5] Murray earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History and American Studies Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia in 1997, where she was a Jefferson Scholar and an Echols Scholar, a Lawn Resident, a Madison House volunteer, a university guide service historian, member of the Washington Literary Society and Debating Union, co-chair of the College Bowl, fundraising chair of the Colonnade Ball Committee, and volunteer at the Learning Needs and Evaluation Center.

[7] As an assistant professor, she was the co-winner of the Association of American Law Schools 2012 Scholarly Papers Competition with Ashira Ostrow for her article "Marriage as Punishment."

In her paper, Murray describes how "marriage has played a critical role in the operation of the criminal justice system, including serving as a defense to crime and as a form of punishment".

[15] On June 11, 2018, Murray left UC Berkeley to accept a position as a tenured faculty member at New York University and become the co-faculty director of the Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network.

[1] On September 7, 2018, Murray testified at Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing where she cautioned the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary that he would overturn Roe v.