She played club basketball in Italy, Slovakia, Russia, Turkey and Belgium between 2007 and 2015, before returning to the United States.
[1] Lawless played basketball in Italy's Serie A1 with New Wash Montigarda in the 2007–08 season, leading the team in scoring.
[2] Lawless subsequently moved to Slovakia to play in the Slovak Women's Basketball Extraliga for Prešov and then Good Angels Košice.
[7][8] After spending some time in the Russian league with Dynamo Kursk, Lawless joined Turkish side Ceyhan in 2013.
[9] In September 2014 Lawless joined Belgian side BC Namur-Capitale, but fractured her thumb shortly after her arrival.