Judges
People serving on the bench.
People in Judges
23 profiles
JudgeRuth Bader Ginsburg
Advancing gender equality as a lawyer and US Supreme Court justice.
JudgeThurgood Marshall
Arguing Brown v. Board of Education and becoming the first Black US Supreme Court justice.
JudgeRonny Abraham
Serving on the International Court of Justice.
JudgeAlbie Sachs
Helping shape post-apartheid constitutional justice in South Africa.
JudgeRohinton Fali Nariman
Serving on India’s Supreme Court and defending constitutional freedoms.
JudgeDikgang Moseneke
Serving as South Africa’s deputy chief justice.
JudgeBeverley McLachlin
Becoming Canada’s first female chief justice.
JudgeYvonne Mokgoro
Serving on South Africa’s first Constitutional Court.
JudgeJulia Sebutinde
Becoming the first African woman elected to the International Court of Justice.
JudgeRosalie Abella
Developing the concept of employment equity in Canadian law.
JudgeEdwin Cameron
Serving on South Africa’s Constitutional Court and advocating HIV equality.
JudgeNawaf Salam
Presiding over the International Court of Justice before entering Lebanon’s premiership.
JudgeHisashi Owada
Presiding over the International Court of Justice
JudgeSandra Day O'Connor
Becoming the first woman on the US Supreme Court.
JudgeBrenda Hale
Becoming the first woman to lead the UK Supreme Court
JudgeElizabeth Lane
Becoming the first woman appointed to England’s High Court
JudgeElena Kagan
Serving on the US Supreme Court
JudgeRose Heilbron
Breaking barriers for women at the English Bar and on the bench.
JudgeKetanji Brown Jackson
Becoming the first Black woman on the United States Supreme Court.
JudgeRosalyn Higgins, Lady Higgins
The first woman elected to the International Court of Justice.
JudgeSonia Sotomayor
Serving on the United States Supreme Court.
JudgeDhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Serving as India’s fiftieth Chief Justice.
JudgeDalveer Bhandari
Judicial service in India and at the International Court of Justice.