Baroness Hale was the first woman to join the British House of Lords as a "Lord of Appeal in Ordinary" in 2004.
In 1984, she was the first woman to be appointed a member of the Law Commission, where she oversaw a number of important family law reforms. She became a judge in the Family Division of the High Court of Justice in 1994, and in 1999 was the second woman to be promoted to the Court of Appeal.
She graduated from Girton College, University of Cambridge, and taught law at Manchester University from 1966 to 1984. She retains her links with the academic world, principally as chancellor of the University of Bristol and visitor of Girton College.
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