Lauren Hanna is originally from Milford, Massachusetts, and she graduated from Brown University in 2017, where she was the captain of the Brown University Softball team. During her postgraduate gap year in Dallas, Texas for a Christian fellowship program, a mentor flew her up to South Bend, Indiana to visit Notre Dame Law School, and the rest is history. Lauren graduated summa cum laude from Notre Dame Law School in 2021, where she served as the student representative on the Faculty Board on Athletics, the Symposium Editor for the Notre Dame Law Review, and the President for the Sports, Communication, and Entertainment Law Forum. After working at Latham & Watkins LLP in New York on venture capital deals, Lauren returned to Notre Dame in 2024 to work in the Office of General Counsel, and she focuses her practice on serving as a strategic partner to the Notre Dame Athletic Department.