Di Fakultas Syariah IAIN Manado, Nurlaila mengajar dan meneliti persoalan hukum yang bersinggungan dengan kehidupan masyarakat. Perhatiannya mencakup hukum pidana dan kriminologi, perlindungan hak asasi manusia dan hak perempuan, hukum ekonomi syariah, serta sosiologi hukum.At the Faculty of Sharia, IAIN Manado, Nurlaila teaches and researches legal questions connected to community life. Her interests include criminal law and criminology, the protection of human and women's rights, Islamic economic law, and sociology of law.
Pengalaman kelembagaannya juga mencakup tugas sebagai Sekretaris Program Studi Hukum Ekonomi Syariah dan Sekretaris Rumah Moderasi Beragama IAIN Manado. Pada periode 2023–2026, ia menjabat Ketua Program Studi Hukum Ekonomi Syariah.Her institutional experience includes serving as Secretary of the Islamic Economic Law Study Program and Secretary of the Religious Moderation House at IAIN Manado. From 2023 to 2026, she chaired the Islamic Economic Law Study Program.
Hukum pidanaCriminal lawKriminologiHak perempuanWomen's rightsHAMHukum ekonomi syariahIslamic economic lawSosiologi hukumSociology of law