Professor Wise started teaching legal writing at BYU Law School twenty years ago and has taught legal writing in online programs at the University of Tulsa College of Law and Concord Law. She has developed curricula for the American legal academy including materials for English as a–second-language law students. She has written essays for nationally syndicated radio programs, newspapers, magazines, as well as screenplays; edited books; contributed chapters to books; has written for and lectured at legal writing conferences. She has also edited print publications at BYU Law School for the past fifteen years. Currently, she is an Associate Director for the International Center for Law and Religion Studies.
She researches and teaches about law and literature and storytelling in the law. She writes for textbooks and in law journals and is a presenter at legal writing conferences. She clerked for the Utah Supreme Court and maintained a general practice.