List of University College London people in the Law

University College London (UCL) is one of two founding colleges of University of London. UCL Faculty of Laws is considered as one of the top law schools in UK.^[1] People associated with the UCL Faculty of Laws, UCL attendees and alumni who have served in the Law are in this list.

Contents 1 Alumni 1.1 International 1.2 Europe 1.3 UK domestic 1.4 Americas 1.5 Africa 1.6 Asia 1.6.1 Bangladesh 1.6.2 China 1.6.3 India 1.6.4 Singapore 1.6.5 Japan 1.7 Middle East 1.8 Oceania 2 Faculty 2.1 Professor Emeritus 2.2 Professor 2.3 Lecturer 3 See also 4 References

Alumni

International

• Taslim Olawale Elias, UCL (BA, LLB, PhD): former President of the International Court of Justice
• Hassan Bubacar Jallow: current Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
• Andrew Cayley, UCL (LLM): International Co-Prosecutor of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia
• Riz Mokal, UCL (LLB, PhD): Senior Counsel of the World Bank

Europe

• Terry Davis, UCL (LLB 1962): former Secretary General of the Council of Europe
• Paul J. Mahoney, UCL (LLM 1969, Lecturer): current and first President of European Union Civil Service Tribunal
• Christos Rozakis, UCL (LLM 1970): first vice-president of the European Court of Human Rights, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece

UK domestic

• Farrer Herschell, UCL (BA): former Lord Chancellor
• David Young, UCL (LLB): former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, former Secretary of State for Employment
• Digby Jones, UCL (LLB): former Minister of State for Trade
• Thomas Edward Scrutton: former Lord Justice of Appeal
• Herbert Cozens-Hardy: former Master of the Rolls
• George Jessel, UCL (BA, MA): former Master of the Rolls
• Harry Woolf: former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
• Peter Goldsmith: former Attorney General for England and Wales
• Patricia Scotland: former Attorney General for England and Wales and Attorney General for Northern Ireland
• Garry Hart: former Special Adviser to the Lord Chancellor
• Margaret Booth: High Court judge
• Gavin Lightman, UCL (LLB, Fellow): High Court judge (Chancery Division)
• Alfred Wills: High Court judge
• Vincent Lloyd-Jones: High Court judge
• John Baker, UCL (LLB, PhD): Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge
• Peter Birks: former Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Oxford
• Geoffrey Dear: former Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary
• Shreela Flather: first Asian woman to receive a peerage
• Edwin Glasgow: Counsel in the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
• Julie Maxton: former Registrar of the University of Oxford
• Leonard Sainer: solicitor and retailer
• L. J. K. Setright: writer and journalist
• Naamua Delaney, UCL (LLB): news presenter
• Arnold Goodman: layer and political advisor
• Maurice Watkins, UCL (LLB, LLM): Director of Manchester United's football board and club's solicitor

Americas

• Ellis Clarke, UCL (LLB): former President of Trinidad and Tobago
• Rudranath Capildeo, UCL (BSc, MSc, PhD, Lecturer): Trinidad and Tobago Barrister at Law (Attorney-at-Law),^[2] mathematician, politician, former leader of Democratic Labour Party and leader of the Opposition
• Surendranath Capildeo, UCL (LLB): former Treasurer of the Law Society of Trinidad and Tobago, and current President of Paschim Kaashi, The Port-of-Spain Hindu Mandir
• Vincent Floissac, UCL (LLB): former President of the Saint Lucian Senate
• Stephen Owen, UCL (LLM): former Canadian Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Minister of Western Economic Diversification, and Minister of State (Sport)
• Thomas d'Aquino, UCL (LLM): former chief executive and president of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE)
• Catherine Novelli, UCL (LLM): vice-president, Apple Inc., former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative

Africa

• Samuel Azu Crabbe, UCL (LLB): former Chief Justice of Ghana, President of the National Olympic Committee of Ghana
• Taslim Olawale Elias , UCL (BA, LLB, PhD): former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria

Asia

Bangladesh

• Rabindranath Tagore, UCL (law student): Laureate Nobel Prize in Literature 1913

China

• Simon F.S. Li (李福善): former Vice-President of Court of Appeals (Hong Kong) and first ethnic Chinese High Court Judge (Hong Kong)
• Daniel R. Fung (馮華健), UCL (LLB, LLM): former Solicitor General of Hong Kong, Chairman of Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority
• Yang Ti-liang: former Chief Justice of Hong Kong
• Herbert Tsoi, UCL (LLB, LLM): former President of The Law Society of Hong Kong
• Winston Chu UCL (LLB): former Chairman of Society for Protection of the Harbour
• Kwan Cho-Yiu (關祖堯), UCL (LLB): former Senior Chinese Unofficial Member of Hong Kong
• Woo Pak Chuen (胡百全), UCL (LLB, LLD): former Senior Chinese Unofficial Member of Hong Kong
• Wu Tingfang, UCL law student: former Premier of Republic of China
• Chang Tao-fan (張道藩), UCL art student: former President of the Legislative Yuan (1952–1961)
• Cheng Tien-Hsi (鄭天錫), UCL (LLD): former Vice-President of the Legislative Yuan, Member of Permanent Court of International Justice, the last Ambassador of Republic of China to UK

India

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, UCL law student: leader of the Indian independence movement and "Father of the Nation"
• Adarsh Sein Anand: former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
• Sudhi Ranjan Das: former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
• S. C. Aggarwal: former Judge, Supreme Court of India
• Vyas D. Misra: former Judge, High Court of Delhi (1969–1983)
• S.S.M. Quadri: former Judge, Supreme Court of India (1997–2003); Chairman, Authority for Advance Ruling, India (1994– )
• Kuldip Singh: former Judge, Supreme Court of India (1988–96); Advocate General, Punjab (1987); Additional Solicitor General of India (1987–88)

Singapore

• Kenneth Jeyaretnam, UCL (LLB): Secretary-general of Reform Party
• Thirugnana Sampanthar Sinnathuray: Judge of the High Court of Singapore
• Chao Hick Tin: Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of Singapore, former Attorney-General of Singapore
• Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, UCL (LLB): former leader of the Workers' Party of Singapore
• Tan Boon Teik: former Attorney-General of Singapore
• Koh Juat Jong, UCL (BSc): former acting Attorney-General of Singapore, Registrar of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and current Solicitor-General of Singapore
• Sylvia Lim, UCL (LLM): Chairman of the opposition Workers' Party of Singapore, and a Member of Parliament

Japan

• Itō Hirobumi: former Prime Minister of Japan
• Inoue Kaoru: former Home Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Finance Minister

Middle East

• Chaim Herzog UCL (LLB): former President of Israel
• Ghazi Abdul Rahman Algosaibi, UCL (PhD law): Saudi Arabian Minister of Labor
• Gabriel Bach (Gabriel Bach): former Prosecutor in the trial against Adolf Eichmann, former Justice of Supreme Court of Israel

Oceania

• John William Salmond: Judge of the High Court of New Zealand

Faculty

Professor Emeritus

• Ronald Dworkin: Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence

Professor

• Hazel Genn: current Dean of UCL Law faculty
• Eric Barendt: Professor of Media Law
• Ian Dennis: Professor of English Law
• Stephen Guest: Professor of Legal Philosophy
• Hugh Laddie: Chair in Intellectual Property Law
• Philippe Sands: Professor of International Law
• Timothy Swanson: former Chair in Law & Economics

Lecturer

• Eleanor V. E. Sharpston, UCL lecturer 1990-92: current Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union

See also

• UCL Faculty of Laws
• List of University College London people

References