Jenny Lau Buong Bee made Singapore legal history in 1966 when she became the first woman to be appointed a district judge the Legal Service Commission.
Jenny received her legal training at Lincoln’s Inn in London, returning to Singapore in 1957. She was briefly in a private law firm before being appointed as a magistrate in the Juvenile and Family Courts. She also sat on the Singapore Cinematographic Films Committee of Appeal (now known as the Film Censorship Board) as well as the Eugenics Board. She served in the Subordinate Courts until 1975 when she joined the Shaw Organization as a legal advisor. She eventually retired in 1988 but continued to help in her sister May’s law firm.
She passed away from cancer at the age of 80.
Jenny Lau Buong Bee made Singapore legal history in 1966 when she became the first woman to be appointed a district judge the Legal Service Commission.
Jenny received her legal training at Lincoln’s Inn in London, returning to Singapore in 1957. She was briefly in a private law firm before being appointed as a magistrate in the Juvenile and Family Courts. She also sat on the Singapore Cinematographic Films Committee of Appeal (now known as the Film Censorship Board) as well as the Eugenics Board. She served in the Subordinate Courts until 1975 when she joined the Shaw Organization as a legal advisor. She eventually retired in 1988 but continued to help in her sister May’s law firm.
She passed away from cancer at the age of 80.
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