jurist

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Shira Scheindlin, a former district judge who served with Hellerstein, called him an unflinching jurist who has done what “he thought was right in every case, whether it was popular or not.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Former professional footballer Claude Makelele also withdrew as a jurist, citing "unforeseen personal reasons" in a statement on social media.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Amid the war’s devastating wake, Francis Lieber, a German American jurist, proposed a philosophy of amendments and humanitarian principles, the Lieber Codes, templates for the Hague and Geneva Conventions.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

The new lawsuit has been assigned to US District Judge Paula Xinis, the same jurist who oversaw the initial lawsuit over Mr Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation to El Salvador.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

Pater Aquillus is a jurist, and his library is filled with everything from obscure law books to ancient Scholar tomes on mathematics.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir