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Shami Chakrabarti, Dame Linda Dobbs & Janet Gaymer College of Law

04 December 2009
Issue: 7396 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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Shami Chakrabarti, Dame Linda Dobbs & Janet Gaymer have been awarded honorary degrees by the College of Law.

Shami Chakrabarti, Dame Linda Dobbs & Janet Gaymer have been awarded honorary degrees by the College of Law.

Shami became director of Liberty in 2003 and has campaigned against the 42-day detention rule, national ID cards, stop and search powers and use of evidence obtained by torture.

Dame Linda was the first person from an ethnic minority background to be appointed as a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.
Janet was the first woman to become senior partner of a Top 20 law firm.

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