List of Columbia Law School Alumni - Government - Non-U.S. Government - Prominent Judicial Figures

Prominent Judicial Figures

  • Salahuddin Ahmad (LL.M. 1970), Attorney General, Bangladesh (2008–2009)
  • Mark MacGuigan (LL.M., J.S.D.), Attorney General of Canada, also Canadian Minister of Justice (1982–1984); Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs (1980–1982)
  • Githu Muigai (LL.M. 1986), current Attorney General, Kenya (August 2011–)
  • Susan Denham (LL.M.), Chief Justice (2011–), Associate Justice (1992–2011), Supreme Court of Ireland, first female Chief Justice; longest-serving member of court
  • George Moe (LL.M.), Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Belize (1982–85); Justice, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (1985–1991)
  • Hironobu Takesaki (LL.M. 1971), 17th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan (the highest court in the country of Japan) (2008–)
  • Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh (LL.M.), Chief Justice (2008–), Associate Justice (2002–2008), Supreme Court of Sierra Leone
  • Joaquim Barbosa (visiting scholar, CLS, 1999, 2000), Chief Justice of Brazil (2012–); only black Supreme Federal Court justice minister in Brazil
  • Karin Maria Bruzelius (LL.M. 1969), Justice, Supreme Court of Sweden (the highest court in the country of Sweden) (1997-); Swedish Under Secretary of State (the first woman to hold such a position) (1989–1997), Swedish Deputy Under Secretary of State (1979–1983)
  • Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury (LL.M.), former member, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2009-2011); Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2009); Lord Justice of Appeal (2007–09); Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see the Privy Council) (February 2007-); judge, High Court of England and Wales (2000)
  • Jaime Fuster (LL.M. 1966), Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (the highest court of the island) (1992–2007)
  • Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen (LL.M.), Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines (the country's highest court) (2012–)
  • Liana Fiol Matta (LL.M., S.J.D.), second woman in Puerto Rican history to serve as Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (as of 2011)
  • John T. McDonough (LL.B. 1861), appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines (the country's highest court)
  • Francis M. Ssekandi (LL.M.), former Justice, Supreme Court of Uganda (the highest court in the country of Uganda); Judge, World Bank Administrative Tribunal (2007-)
  • Richard Whitehead Young (LL.B. 1884), appointed by President William McKinley as Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines; a U.S. Army Brigadier General
  • Shi Jiuyong (LL.M. 1951), former President, U.N. International Court of Justice (2003–2010); former Chairman, International Law Commission
  • Xue Hanqin (LL.M. 1983, J.S.D. 1995), Judge, U.N. International Court of Justice (2010-); Chinese diplomat and international law expert
  • Charles Evans Hughes, Judge, Permanent Court of International Justice in The Hague, The Netherlands (1928–1930)
  • Sean Murphy (J.D. 1985), nominee, U.N. International Law Commission (2011-)
  • Ernest Howard Crosby (LL.B.), Judge in First Instance, Alexandria, Egypt (1887–89)
  • Rocky Pollack, Canadian Judge, member of the Manitoba Securities Commission (2002–2006)

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