Lucy is a specialist legal researcher. She graduated in 2001 from the University of Auckland, where she received numerous academic awards including a Senior Scholarship as one of the top students in Law.
From 2001 to 2003 Lucy worked at the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva. After returning to New Zealand, she joined the Crown Law Office as an Assistant Crown Counsel before moving to CCH as an Editor and Legal Analyst.