Before joining Venable, Jane Baber was a judicial extern for Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Richmond, Virginia, and for Judge John A. Gibney, Jr., U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia. Since 2017 she has been a research assistant for law faculty, for whom she has researched and compiled articles, edited drafts, synthesized materials, and written memoranda on judicial appointments and torts, and education law and policy. From 2014 to 2016 Jane served on the board of directors of the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District, Brooklyn, New York.