Staff and alumni of University College London who have served in the legal profession are included in this list. For a list of graduates of the UCL Faculty of Laws, see .
Alumni
International
Europe
UK
- John Baker (LLB, PhD), former Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge
- Peter Birks, former Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Oxford
- Dame Margaret Booth, former High Court judge
- David Childs, former managing partner of Clifford Chance
- Herbert Cozens-Hardy, former Master of the Rolls
- 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
- Arnold Goodman, lawyer and political advisor
- Sir Nicholas John Hannen, Chief Justice of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan (1891âÂÂ1900)
- Lord Farrer Herschell, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
- Sir George Jessel (BA, Massachusetts), first Jewish person to be Solicitor General for England and Wales (1871âÂÂ1873), a regular member of the Privy Council and a judge in UK; Master of the Rolls (1873âÂÂ1883)
- John Geoffrey Jones (LLB, LLM), judge, Mental Health Review Tribunal president known for his views on legal psychopathy
- 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
- 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
- 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 (1996âÂÂ2000), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2000âÂÂ2005)
Americas
- Rudranath Capildeo (BSc, MSc, PhD, lecturer), Trinidad and Tobago barrister at law (attorney-at-law), 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
- Dia Forrester, first woman attorney general of Grenada
- Kash Patel (Certificate in International Law), 9th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Africa
Asia
China
Hong Kong
- Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, studied at UCL prior to establishment of degree programmes
- Winston Chu, 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
- Daniel Fung, first ethnic Chinese Solicitor General of Hong Kong (1994âÂÂ1998)
- William Meigh Goodman, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
- Simon Li (æÂÂç¦ÂÃ¥ÂÂ), (1922âÂÂ2013) former vice-president of Court of Appeal (Hong Kong) and first ethnic Chinese High Court Judge in Hong Kong
- Jeremy Poon, 5th chief judge of the High Court of Hong Kong
- Winnie Tam, former chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association (2015âÂÂ2016)
- Sir Yang Ti-liang, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (1988âÂÂ1996)
India
Malaysia
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
- 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, former attorney-general of Singapore
- Tan Boon Teik, former attorney-general of Singapore
- 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
Oceania
Staff
See also
References