Karen Lee was previously a lecturer at the School of Law at the University of New England and the ANU College of Law.  Prior to becoming an academic, Karen worked for Denton Wilde Sapte (London) in its TMT practice where she specialised in telecommunications regulation.  She was seconded to the Office of Telecommunications in 1998-1999, and to the Department of Trade and Industry in 2002.  Karen is a graduate of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and a qualified lawyer in New South Wales, Illinois, England and Wales.

Karen is currently a Departmental Visitor at RegNet and a PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales.  Her thesis involves an in-depth study of self-regulatory rulemaking in the Australian telecommunications sector.