Mary Elizabeth Magill (born 1966) is a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
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A native of North Dakota, Magill is the daughter of Frank Magill, a senior United States federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1988 and a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1995.[1]
From 1988 until 1992, Magill worked as a senior legislative assistant for North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad.[1]
Magill worked as a clerk for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1995 until 1996, and then worked as a clerk for United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from 1996 until 1997. Magill joined the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law in 1997.[1]
On March 10, 2009, the New York Times reported that President Barack Obama is considering appointing Magill to a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.[2]