Pugh received a Artium Baccalaureus degree, magna cum laude, in 1987, from Duke University, a Master of Arts degree, in 1988, from Stanford University and a Juris Doctorate, in 1994, from the university of Virginia School of Law, where she graduated Order of the Coif.
Pugh has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University School of Law's Master of Laws program [REF].