Allison Rude graduated from Whitworth University in 2018 and the University of Oregon School of Law in 2021.  In law school, she was the Executive Editor for the Oregon Review of International Law.  Allie also worked for the Oregon Department of Justice in the Child Advocacy Section and externed at the U.S. District Court in the District of Oregon for the Honorable Michael J. McShane.

After graduation, Allie worked for two years as a judicial clerk at the Oregon Court of Appeals for the Honorable Josephine H. Mooney.  She is also an assistant coach for the Willamette University softball team.