Professor Falk joined the faculty in 1987, prior to which she was Associate Appellate Counsel for the Legal Aid Society's Criminal Appeals Bureau. She has collaborated on several articles with Elizabeth Fajans in the area of cognitive theory and language and the law. Their most recent articles have appeared in the University of Hawaii Law Review and the Legal Studies Forum. They have also co-authored Writing for Law Practice published by Foundation Press (2004) and the widely used reference text, Scholarly Writing in Law School: Seminar Papers, Law Review Articles, Law Review Competition Papers (3rd ed. 2005)(with E. Fajans).