Romaine Scally is a Graduate of UCD where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and French. She qualified as a Solicitor and was admitted as a member of The Law Society of Ireland in 1980. She gained a wide range of experience in many areas of the Law while working both as an assistant Solicitor and a partner before setting up her own general practice under the name of Romaine Scally & Co, Solicitors in 1998.