List of University of Cambridge Members - Legal Experts

Legal Experts

  • Aitzaz Ahsan (Downing) President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (1990–2007)
  • Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Queens') International Court of Justice judge (2000-)
  • Mary Arden (Girton) First female High Court judge to be assigned to the Chancery Division
  • Mirza Hameedullah Beg (Trinity) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India (1977–1978)
  • Christopher Bentley (Wolfson) Attorney General of Ontario (2007-)
  • Paul Clement (Darwin) Attorney General of the United States (2007-)
  • Sir Louis Blom-Cooper (Fitzwilliam) Major lawyer specialising in public law and co-founder of Amnesty International
  • Lee Bollinger (Clare Hall) US High Court lawyer
  • Sir Dennis Byron (Fitzwilliam) Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (1996–1999), President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (2007-)
  • Gary Chartier (Queens’) US anarchist legal theorist
  • Kenneth Clarke (Caius) British Lord Chancellor (2010-)
  • Edward Coke (Trinity) Jurist, influential on early English and American law
  • Alvin Robert Cornelius (Selwyn) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (1960–1968)
  • Charles Falconer (Queens') British Lord Chancellor (2003–2007)
  • Rosalyn Higgins (Girton) First female International Court of Justice judge, President (2006–2009)
  • Karl Hudson-Phillips (Selwyn) International Criminal Court judge, Trinidad and Tobago legal advisor and politician
  • Anthony Gates (Fitzwilliam) Chief Justice of the High Court of Fiji (2007-)
  • Lord Peter Goldsmith (Caius) Attorney General for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2001–2007)
  • Lady Brenda Hale (Girton/Newnham) Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2009-)
  • Mohammad Hidayatullah (Trinity) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India (1968–1970), first Muslim to attain the post
  • Derry Irvine (Christ's) British Lord Chancellor (1997–2003), mentor of Tony Blair and Cherie Booth
  • Anthony Julius (Jesus) Lawyer in Princess Diana and David Irving cases
  • Makhdoom Ali Khan (Corpus Christi) Attorney General of Pakistan (2001–2007)
  • Susan Kiefel (Wolfson) Justice of the High Court of Australia (2007-)
  • Sir Elihu Lauterpacht (Trinity) International Court of Justice lawyer
  • Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (Unknown) Judge of the International Court of Justice (1955–1960), member of the UN's International Law Commission (1952–1954)
  • Lawrence Lessig (Trinity) US Cyberlaw expert, founder of the Creative Commons movement, free software advocate
  • Andrew Li (Fitzwilliam) Chief Justice of Hong Kong (1997–2010)
  • Wong Yan Lung (Magdalene) Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong
  • Sir Richard May (Selwyn) Major judge, British representative on the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
  • S.M.Mir (Christ's) Prime Minister/Chief Minister Tonk State (1945–46)District and Sessions Judge
  • Zia Mody (Selwyn) Founding Partner of AZB & Partners, India's second largest law firm
  • Hisashi Owada (Unknown) International Court of Justice judge, President (2009-)
  • Lord Nicholas Phillips (King's) Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2005–2008) and President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2009-)
  • Sir Benegal Rama Rau (King's) Vice-chairman of the UN's International Law Commission (1949–1952)
  • Lord James Scarlett (Trinity) 1769–1844 Judge, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
  • Sir Peter Singer (Selwyn) British High Court Judge
  • Sir Hari Singh Gour (Downing) Author of the Indian Penal Code, Member of the Legislative Assembly
  • Sir Peter Smith (Selwyn) British High Court Judge
  • Walter Woon (St John's) Attorney-General of Singapore (2008–2010)
  • Wee Chong Jin (St John's) First Chief Justice of the Republic of Singapore (1963–1990)
  • Yong Pung How (Downing) Chief Justice of Singapore (1990–2006)
  • Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim (St John's) Attorney-General of Singapore (1965–1967)
  • Joseph Grimberg - First to be appointed Senior Counsel in Singapore and current Senior Consultant in Drew & Napier, a leading law firm in Singapore

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