After graduating from high school, her parents wanted her to study medicine, but her hometown of Taoyuan already had a woman doctor, so Lu opted for law so she could become Taoyuan's first woman judge.
高中畢業，家裡希望她念醫，但是桃園鎮上已經有女醫師了，所以呂秀蓮決定念法律，成為鎮上第一個女法官。