Liverpool Law School Luminaries

Dame Rose Heilbron

Dame Rose Heilbron was a University of Liverpool Law graduate who achieved many firsts, including being the first woman judge to sit at the Old Bailey and one of the first two women to be appointed to the King's Counsel.

Lord Shawcross QC

Sir Hartley Shawcross was a barrister and Labour politician who was appointed as a part-time lecturer in Jurisprudence and other subjects at the University of Liverpool.

David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe GCVO, PC, QC, 1st Earl of Kilmuir

David Maxwell Fyfe was a Conservative politician, lawyer and judge who was awarded an LLD by the University of Liverpool in 1947.

Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, a barrister who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, attended the University of Liverpool and also taught at the university while practicing at the Liverpool Bar.

Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead

Donald Nicholls, a University of Liverpool lawalumnus, was a British barrister who became a Law Lord (Lord of Appeal in Ordinary).

Mrs Justice Steel

After studying for an LLB at the University of Liverpool, Dame Anne Heather Steel went on to become a British High Court judge and a judge on the Court of Appeal of Guernsey.

Lord Justice Sellers MC PC

Sir Frederic Aked Sellers, a University of Liverpool alumnus, was a barrister and judge who was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal.

Mr Justice Lynskey

Sir George Justin Lynskey, a University of Liverpool Law graduate, served as judge in the King’s Bench Division of the High Court of England and Wales.