Nancy Leong is Professor of Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she teaches and studies Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, and Criminal Procedure. ^[1]

Leong graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2001 from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts as well as a Bachelor of Music. Leong went on to earn a Juris Doctor With Distinction in 2006 from Stanford Law School where she was an editor of the Stanford Law Review. ^[1]

Upon her graduation from law school, Leong worked for a year as a judicial clerk to Judge Kermit Lipez of the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Thereafter Leong worked as a Litigation Fellow at Americans United for Separation of Church and State from 2007 to 2008. ^[1]

Leong's first job in academia was as a Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University Law Center from 2008 to 2009, and from 2009 to 2010 she worked as an Adjunct Professor at American University Washington College of Law while clerking for Judge Frederick Weisberg of the DC Superior Court. Leong joined the faculty of College of William and Mary School of Law in 2010 as an Assistant Professor and taught there for a year before assuming the same position at University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014 and Full Professor in 2017. ^[1]

Leong is married to Justin Pidot, a fellow Sturm faculty member and Stanford classmate.

On 17 April 2018 Leong summoned an Uber vehicle to transport her to Denver International Airport. While en route, Leong's driver exited the highway and informed her that he was instead taking her to a hotel. When they reached a stoplight, Leong began pounding on the windows and yelling "Let me out of the [expletive] car," at which point the commotion was noticed by a group of nearby construction workers. The driver reluctantly unlocked the doors of the vehicle, allowing Leong to escape. After he unlocked the trunk to allow Leong to retrieve her luggage, the driver exited the vehicle and began to approach Leong, but before he could accost her, the vehicle, which the driver had neglected to brake, began rolling into nearby traffic and nearly hit another vehicle before the driver regained control and drove off at high speed. Leong summoned a second Uber vehicle to complete her trip, and the offending driver has since been banned by Uber. Leong documented the experience in a series of tweets.