Lindsay earned her J.D. cum laude from the American University, Washington College of Law, where she served on the American University Law Review. Lindsay also interned for the Honorable Reggie B. Walton on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Honorable Zuberi B. Williams on the District Court of Maryland, and in the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division during law school. She received her undergraduate degree in political science from Louisiana State University.