Vera Huter studied law at the Universities of Zurich and Amsterdam. During her studies, she worked as a legal advisor in an NGO for asylum and migration law and as a research assistant at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich. After graduating, she completed a legal internship at the municipal ombudsman's office and a clerkship at the District Court of Zurich. She then headed the Swiss Observatory for Asylum and Aliens Law and completed the CAS Sustainable Development at the Center for Development and Environment at the University of Bern.