Polly has a strong academic background in law and is currently conducting doctoral research in the field of criminal evidence (with the expected completion of doctoral research being 2023). Polly also has an LLM (masters inlaw), an MA in Social Research, and an undergraduate degree in law (LLB). Polly has previously taught criminal law and criminal evidence on the undergraduate programme at the University of Birmingham.
Outside of law, Polly spent her former years as a competitive figure skater, but is now more likely to be found reading and talking about books with fellow book lovers.