Walton is the author of numerous books and articles about employment and related career issues for law students. She is a renowned motivational speaker, lecturing at law schools nationwide. Walton was born in London, England, and split her childhood between England and the United States. She attended college at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, where she majored in accounting. She went on to law school at Case. Walton has written 14 feature-length screenplays, numerous travel articles about Australia and the Caribbean, a book about investing in biotechnology, and Law in a Flash, one of the country’s most popular law school study aids.