Education
Riley attended the University of Sydney, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts In 1992, Riley commenced a graduate law degree (Bachelor of Laws) at the University of Sydney, graduating with honours.
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In English literature and a Diploma of Education (Secondary), in order to become a teacher. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Riley worked as a finance journalist at Fairfax Media. After earning her law degree, Riley completed a Diploma of Legal Practice at the College of Law in North Sydney and worked at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons) before receiving the Ivan Roberts Scholarship that permitted her to study at the University of Oxford, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law
After the defeat of Paul Keating by John Howard and the commencement of the tabling of the Workplace Relations Acting 1996, Riley became interested in labour law and, soon thereafter, began to teach the area and completed a Doctor of Philosophy, under the supervision of Ronald C. McCallum and Patrick Parkinson, in employment, equity, and commercial law.
Riley also attended the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, where she earned a Graduate Diploma of Management. Following the departure of Gillian Triggs as Dean of the Sydney Law School in mid-2012, Riley was appointed as Triggs" successor in early 2013.
