Pallauf attended the
Gunskirchen primary school between 1967 and 1971 and later, until 1979, attended a girl's secondary school in
Wels. She studied law at the
University of Salzburg, and received her doctorate in 1983. She then completed a postgraduate degree in European law at Hofen Castle from 1995 to 1996 and graduated in 1996 as an academically certified expert in European law. == Politics ==