She co-edited the highly acclaimed Cameraperson, directed by Kirsten Johnson, which premiered at Sundance 2016 and was shortlisted for an Oscar. Her most recent work includes editing The Hanging, directed by Geoff Feinberg, and also co-directing Bridetripping, a short film about Amanda Fucking Palmer's formative years. Laws attended the Graduate Film Program at NYU, where she studied under Spike Lee and Mary Harron, and was the 2010 MFA Edit Fellow. Her documentary credits include The Imposter: How to Write a Banjo Concerto directed by Bela Fleck and Sarah Paladino, Shooting Script by Frank Hall-Green, and It Was Rape by Jennifer Baumgardner. She is a two-time participant at the Sundance Doc Edit Lab, most recently in 2013 when she attended with Cameraperson, then titled A Blind Eye.