 He attended Healesville Primary School, Haileybury College and Monash University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Jurisprudence in 1970, and a Bachelor of Laws in 1972.Lasry completed his 'articles' at the law firm Slater & Gordon, and read for the Victorian Bar under David Bennett QC.He was permitted to practise law in Victoria in 1973 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1990.