Mallory Harper is a native of Auburn, Alabama. She grew up in Auburn and graduated from Auburn High School. Mallory completed her undergraduate work at Auburn University with a major in Sociology and a minor in Psychology. While in undergraduate school at Auburn University, Mallory served as an intern with the Alabama Sentencing Commission in Montgomery, Alabama. Mallory attended Faulkner University Jones School of Law where she earned both her J.D. and LL.M. degree in Advocacy and Alternative Dispute Resolution. While in law school, Mallory served on the Executive Board of the Faulkner Law Review and served as both a law clerk and interim judicial assistant with Judge Mike Fellows in Lee County, Alabama.