Rebcca qualified with a first-class degree in Law with French Law from the University of Oxford, receiving a prize for submitting the best paper in Criminology. Following this, she was awarded a scholarship to remain at Oxford and complete the BCL, and subsequently accepted a full scholarship to complete a further research masters and a PhD in Law at Exeter.

Her PhD research focuses on the operation of the ECHR in the prison context, and she currently undertakes teaching in Criminal Law and Constitutional and Administrative Law.