Heather Hallett: Dr Ivy Williams was a true pioneer – the first woman to be called to the bar and the first to teach law at an English university

Linda Lee: One-time lord chancellor's principled defence of the rule of law is an ideal all lawyers should aspire to

Patricia Scotland: Kennedy's commitment to rooting out corruption made him the most powerful attorney general in history

Jonathan Djanogly: Goldenberg saw the legal profession and politics as twin routes to solve people's problems and create the wheels to get things done

Henry Brooke: A Colombian human rights lawyer, Uribe fights for the oppressed in a country where such work attracts deadly enemies

Philippe Sands: An advocate of human rights, Lauterpacht's role in the emergence of a modern system of international law is hard to overstate

Courtenay Griffiths: Manley, the grandson of a Jamaican slave, became a fearless advocate for the dispossessed before entering politics

Paul Boateng: The champion of civil liberties and human rights started the careers of generations of lawyers

Maurice Mendelson: Rosenne was an eminent international practitioner with an unusually trenchant style, but his opinions were spot on

Marcel Berlins: The courageous 'attorney of the damned' took on unpopular causes and stood up for the disadvantaged

Dahlia Lithwick: The Alabama single father's principles have inspired thousands – and somehow become a point of national controversy in the US