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* [[Thomas Chisholm Anstey]], [[Attorney General of Hong Kong]], studied at UCL prior to establishment of degree programmes<ref>{{cite book |title=Anstey, Thomas (1777–1851) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/anstey-thomas-1709 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University}}</ref> |
* [[Thomas Chisholm Anstey]], [[Attorney General of Hong Kong]], studied at UCL prior to establishment of degree programmes<ref>{{cite book |title=Anstey, Thomas (1777–1851) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/anstey-thomas-1709 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University}}</ref> |
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* [[Winston Chu]] (LLB), former Chairman of [[Society for Protection of the Harbour]], founding Partner at Winston Chu & Company Solicitors |
* [[Winston Chu]] (LLB), former Chairman of [[Society for Protection of the Harbour]], founding Partner at Winston Chu & Company Solicitors |
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* [[Joseph Fok]], Permanent Judge of the [[Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gia.info.gov.hk/general/201304/08/P201304080391_0391_109222.pdf |title=Curriculum Vitae |
* [[Joseph Fok]], Permanent Judge of the [[Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gia.info.gov.hk/general/201304/08/P201304080391_0391_109222.pdf |title=Curriculum Vitae of The Honourable Mr. Justice Joseph Paul Fok|website= Hong Kong Government Information Department|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> |
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* Daniel Fung, first ethnic Chinese [[Solicitor General of Hong Kong]] (1994-1998) |
* Daniel Fung, first ethnic Chinese [[Solicitor General of Hong Kong]] (1994-1998) |
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* [[William Meigh Goodman]], former [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The county families of the United Kingdom|publisher=Ballantyne & Co. |edition=59|year=1919|page=546|url=https://archive.org/details/countyfamiliesof59walf/page/n573/mode/1up}}</ref> |
* [[William Meigh Goodman]], former [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The county families of the United Kingdom|publisher=Ballantyne & Co. |edition=59|year=1919|page=546|url=https://archive.org/details/countyfamiliesof59walf/page/n573/mode/1up}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:09, 11 August 2023
Staff and alumni of University College London who have served in the legal profession are included in this list.
Alumni
International
- Andrew Cayley (LLM), International Co-Prosecutor of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia
- Taslim Olawale Elias (BA, LLB, PhD), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (1972–1975); Judge of the International Court of Justice (1976–1991); President of the International Court of Justice (1982–1985)[1]
- Hassan Bubacar Jallow, prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Attorney General of the Gambia and Chief Justice of the Gambia)[2]
- Cheng Tien-Hsi (鄭天錫) (LLD), member of the Permanent Court of International Justice
Europe
- Terry Davis (LLB 1962), former Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- Paul J. Mahoney (LLM 1969, Lecturer), current and first President of European Union Civil Service Tribunal
- Christos Rozakis (LLM 1970), first vice-president of the European Court of Human Rights, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece
UK
- John Baker (LLB, PhD), Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge
- Peter Birks, former Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Oxford
- Dame Margaret Booth, High Court judge
- David Childs, managing partner of Clifford Chance
- Herbert Cozens-Hardy, former Master of the Rolls[3]
- Geoffrey Dear, former Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary
- Sir Roderick Evans (LLB), former British judge of the High Court of England and Wales and presiding Judge for Wales (2007)
- Peter Goldsmith, former Attorney General for England and Wales[4]
- Arnold Goodman, lawyer and political advisor
- Sir Nicholas John Hannen, Chief Justice of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan (1891-1900)
- Lord Farrer Herschell, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain[5]
- Sir George Jessel (BA, MA), first Jewish person to be Solicitor General for England and Wales (1871–1873), a regular member of the Privy Council and a judge in UK; Master of the Rolls (1873–1883)[6]
- Nicola Lacey (LLB), former Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the University of Oxford, currently Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy at the London School of Economics
- Dame Bernice Lake QC, first Eastern Caribbean woman to be appointed Queen's Counsel[7]
- Sir Gavin Lightman (LLB, Fellow), High Court judge (Chancery Division)
- Lord Nathaniel Lindley, Master of the Rolls
- Sir Vincent Lloyd-Jones, High Court judge
- Andrew Reid (LLB), Lawyer, Racehorse trainer, and Treasurer of the UK Independence Party
- Leonard Sainer, solicitor and retailer
- Patricia Scotland, former Attorney General for England and Wales and Attorney General for Northern Ireland[8]
- Anthony Scrivener (LLB), barrister famous for defending Tony Martin (2001) and Saddam Hussein (2005) against mass murder charges
- Thomas Edward Scrutton, former Lord Justice of Appeal
- Maurice Watkins (LLB, LLM), Director of Manchester United's football board and club's solicitor
- Sir Alfred Wills, High Court judge
- Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, Master of the Rolls (1996-2000), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2000-2005)[9]
Americas
- Rudranath Capildeo (BSc, MSc, PhD, Lecturer), Trinidad and Tobago Barrister at Law (Attorney-at-Law),[10] mathematician, politician, former leader of Democratic Labour Party and leader of the Opposition
- The Rt. Hon. Sir Vincent Floissac, Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court[11]
- Dia Forrester, first woman Attorney General of Grenada[12]
Africa
- Samuel Azu Crabbe (LLB), former Chief Justice of Ghana, President of the National Olympic Committee of Ghana[13]
- Josiah Ofori Boateng (LLB), retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (1999–2001); former Electoral Commissioner of Ghana (1989–1992)
- Samuel Eson Johnson Ecoma (LLB), former Chief Judge of Cross River State, Nigeria
- William Bedford Van Lare (LLB), Ghanaian jurist and diplomat, former justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
- Isaac Wuaku (LLB), retired justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
Asia
China
- Nicholas John Hannen, Chief Justice of the British Supreme Court for China[14]
Hong Kong
- Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, studied at UCL prior to establishment of degree programmes[15]
- Winston Chu (LLB), former Chairman of Society for Protection of the Harbour, founding Partner at Winston Chu & Company Solicitors
- Joseph Fok, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong[16]
- Daniel Fung, first ethnic Chinese Solicitor General of Hong Kong (1994-1998)
- William Meigh Goodman, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong[17]
- Simon Li (李福善), (1922-2013) former Vice-President of Court of Appeal (Hong Kong) and first ethnic Chinese High Court Judge in (Hong Kong)
- Sir Yang Ti-liang, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (1988–1996)[18]
India
- Adarsh Sein Anand: former Chief Justice of India[19]
- Sudhi Ranjan Das: former Chief Justice of India
- Kuldip Singh: former Judge, Supreme Court of India (1988–96); Advocate General, Punjab (1987); Additional Solicitor General of India (1987–88)
Malaysia
- Arifin Zakaria, Chief Justice of Malaysia (2011–2017)[20]
Singapore
- G. Aubrey Goodman, appointed Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements but died before taking office; extent of studies at UCL unknown but not listed as a University of London graduate[21]
- Thirugnana Sampanthar Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore
- Chao Hick Tin, Attorney General and Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of Singapore,[22] former Attorney-General of Singapore
- Tan Boon Teik, former Attorney-General of Singapore[23]
- Koh Juat Jong (BSc), former acting Attorney-General of Singapore, Registrar of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and Solicitor-General of Singapore
- J. B. Jeyaretnam: former Registrar of the Supreme Court, former Secretary-General of the Workers' Party (Singapore) and founder of the Reform Party (Singapore)
- Belinda Ang: judge of the Appellate Division of the High Court
- Chan Seng Onn, former Solicitor-General and High Court judge
- Sylvia Lim, former law lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic, counsel at Peter Low & Choo, and chairperson of the Workers' Party (Singapore)
- Jerrold Yam, lawyer and poet
Sri Lanka
Middle East
- Gabriel Bach: former Prosecutor in the trial against Adolf Eichmann, former Justice of Supreme Court of Israel
- Michael Sfard: Israeli Human Rights Lawyer
Oceania
- John William Salmond: Judge of the High Court of New Zealand
Staff
- John Austin – first Professor of Jurisprudence at UCL (1829–1834)[25]
- Eric Barendt: Professor of Media Law; co-authored several editions of groundbreaking textbook on UK Social Security Law
- Ian Dennis: Professor of English Law
- Ronald Dworkin: Professor of Jurisprudence[26]
- Dame Hazel Genn - Professor of Empirical Legal Studies, current Dean of UCL Law faculty
- Sir Malcolm Grant - Professor of Law and Vice-Dean (1986–91), subsequently appointed the 9th UCL President and Provost (2003–13)
- Stephen Guest - Emeritus Professor of Legal Philosophy, Principal Research Associate
- Sir Robin Jacob - former Lord Justice of Court of Appeal in England and Wales, now Sir Hugh Laddie Chair and Professor in Intellectual Property Law.
- Anthony Julius - Chair in Law and the Arts
- Sir Hugh Laddie: former Professor of Intellectual Property Law; Queen's Counsel; former High Court judge
- Lord Collins of Mapesbury - Professor of Law
- Sir Basil Markesinis – Professor of Common Civil Law, Queen's Counsel
- Richard Moorhead - Professor of Law and Professional Ethics
- Philippe Sands: Professor of International Law; distinguished human rights practitioner; cases included appearance before International Court of Justice for Gambia regarding alleged genocide in Burma in opposition to Aung San Suu Kyi of that country's National League for Democracy
- Scott Shapiro - Visiting Quain Professor of Law, UCL
- Eleanor V. E. Sharpston, UCL lecturer 1990-92: current Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union
- Timothy Swanson: former Chair in Law & Economics
- William Twining - Quain Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus
- Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf – former judicial posts included Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales; alumnus; and among other roles taught as a UCL visiting professor.
- Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond: Honorary Professor of Law
- Paul S Davies: Professor of Commercial Law
- Michael Veale: Associate Professor of Law
See also
References
- ^ "MPhil/PhD fees and scholarships". UCL. 14 October 2020. Faculty Research Scholarships > Elias Scholarship. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Hassan Bubacar Jallow". International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "The late Lord Cozens-Hardy". The Law Society Gazette. Vol. 17. July 1920. p. 154.
- ^ "Lord Goldsmith: Profile". The Guardian. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ Robert Henry Mair (1886). Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. p. 286.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jessel, Sir George". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 336.
- ^ "Dame Bernice Dies". Antigua Observer. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Patricia Scotland". University of London. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ Curtis, Polly (17 June 2004). "UCL appoints Lord Woolf to ruling council". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "FAMOUS SONS OF THE LION HOUSE". Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ "The Right Honourable Sir Vincent Floissac". Caribbean Court of Justice. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 27 September 2011 suggested (help) - ^ Strake, Linda (31 December 2020). "Dia Forrester appointed Grenada's first woman Attorney General". Now Grenada. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Around the NOCs" (PDF). Olympic Review, June 1979, No 140. Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. pp. 383, 384. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2007.
- ^ Obituary, North China Herald, 2 May 1900, p 766
- ^ Anstey, Thomas (1777–1851). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Curriculum Vitae of The Honourable Mr. Justice Joseph Paul Fok" (PDF). Hong Kong Government Information Department. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ The county families of the United Kingdom (59 ed.). Ballantyne & Co. 1919. p. 546.
- ^ "Sir Yang Ti Liang". Hong Kong University. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ Neelam M. Singh. "Remembering Justice Dr. A S Anand former Chief Justice of India". Taazakhabar News Bureau. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ Ayisy Yusof (6 May 2021). "Former chief justice Arifin Zakaria named PNB chairman". New Straits Times.
- ^ Obituary, The Times, 22 January 1921
- ^ "Justice Chao Hick Tin". Singapore Courts. Government of Singapore. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ Chua, Alvin (2015). "Tan Boon Teik". Singapore Infopedia. Government of Singapore. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Dappula De Livera PC sworn in as new Attorney General". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Bentham and UCL". UCL. 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ Liptak, Adam (14 February 2013). "Ronald Dworkin, Scholar of the Law, Is Dead at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
